copepod culture

I have a lightly used Phyto Tank and copepod culture system. Has 4 tanks, 2 PodNest, some extra tubing and bags. Includes the sieve and Eheim air pump. $300 plus shipping. OBO No fertilizer or cultures included.

Aqua medic sells a plankton reactor which is fairly affordable - I've ordered one without the light to start culturing pods before I buy a Mandarin Dragonet. They describe a setup in the manual where you can use two of these reactors (one with the light) and a couple of dosing pumps to fully...

Hey Everyone! I came back from a vacation to notice what looks like a bunch of dragonflys swimming around in one of my tisbe cultures. They swim around in pairs like mandarins with little 'wings' on their backs. I'll try to get better pictures and videos when I'm home later. Any idea what...

Hi Phyto culture been going well so decided to start doing pods…. Noticed plenty of pods running around but also build up at bottom of container….. Picture attached….. Can someone give on-site to what it is…. Either contamination, dead pods or other and correct me if I’m doing anything wrong…...

Hello guys, I recently started a cycle ( AF live sand + media from established reef tank, and Moly as amonia source) and want to add copepods but I'm not sure how sensitive ( if at all) they are to amonia? Reason why I want to add them now is that where I live live pods are a bit harder to...

Hey guys! I am starting a phytoplankton and copepod farm. Here is my progress so far. I have the tubes and the culture coming next week. Let me know your tips and tricks if you done this before. I am new to this and I would love the community inputs. Thanks

I recently started a Tisbe pod culture and am following a few guides on r2r as well as on youtube, but I'm starting to wonder whether I even got any live pods? I've got two cultures going each in a 1.7l jar, both have airline tubes connected to them at 1.025 salinity. I feed phyto once every...