breeding pods

I have an old 5.5 gallon tank with a heater, HOB filter and lights. I am interested in breeding Copepods to supplement the ones in my BioCube. I have a couple of questions. 1) Is this feasible for breeding Copepods? 2) Is there different equipment I need? 3) Do I set it up with live rock and...

hey everyone i was acclimating my shrimp yesterday and when i went to look at him i noticed a bunch of these guys floating around! i’m not sure if they’re baby shrimp or copepods but they sure look and move like shrimp!

So I've heard of people training their mandarin fish to eat frozen foods and or flakes, have any of you guys had success with doing so, if so do you have any advice or techniques that seem to work? (there are two mandarin fish I'm eying at my LFS but I'm not sure if they will eat frozen food)...