copepods

I have decided to remake this thread because answers to this will help reefers all over the world: https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/culturing-phytoplankton-without-fertilizer.767227/ Guillards F2 Fertilizer is American made. Which means anyone outside of America has to import it. I have been...

Hello everyone! I recently set up a tank (within the past couple months) and have been trying to determine what an ideal flow rate is for my refugium section. A little background... I have a 150 gallon display tank with a 13 gallon refugium, and about 15-18 gallons of additional water in the...

Hey everyone, so I’ve just started my reef tank up, it’s a 75L, 20 Gallon AIO reef sea max nano! I’m super proud of it, but I’ve got a couple questions regarding the addition of a CUC/livestock. im planning on getting 2 clowns and a nem down the track, and eventually adding some SPS corals. I’m...

I've ordered from Algaebarn and I've ordered from PodYourReef and from a few others. I'd have to say that AlgaeBarn's customer service is nice and honestly the people over there try hard, at least their customer service team does. They answer emails swiftly and friendly and I'm sure they are...

I started my first saltwater tank a little over a month ago slowly perfecting it. I have: (Equipment) 40 Gallon breeder VIPARSPECTRA lighting Fluval skimmer Aqueon QuietFlow 30 Hydor 565gph wavepump This is where I started to upgrade after 2 weeks of learning for what I want I needed at least a...

Hi! I have been reading lots of threads here over the past year but this is my first question that I haven’t really come across being already discussed yet. I have a 220 gallon system that has been up and running a little over a year. I just added a scooter blenny (named Scooter, yes, I’m one of...

After searching for copepods that resemble the ones in my tank, I am not coming up with any results or similar matches. Does anyone recognize the order/family/genus/species of copepods in the following pictures (encircled in orange)? I am pretty sure they are some type of copepod, but not sure...

Howdy, I have an algae scrubber. Every week or two I take out the screen and cut off 90% of the algae. This yields at least a quart size baggie of algae loaded with copepods. I toss the algae in the trash but I hate losing all the pods that I could be putting in my tank. Anyone have a...

In the past 2 days I’ve noticed a bunch of little white dots all over the glass. When i first noticed I scrubbed them all off thinking that it was just dirt from the aquarium. But today when I took a closer look they were all moving. They seem to be doubling by the day. I’ll add a picture I took...

I've read about the importance of having a refugium, especially for reef/saltwater tanks. My understanding is that a refugium serves primarily as a home for organisms that act as biofilters, such as macroalgae and microorganisms. I have also read that they can be used as a home for Copepods...

Hello! l am looking to set up a refugium in the back chamber of my biocube 32, I already have the intank media and fuge basket (got them both on a sale) and am wondering what sort of light would be good for this sort of setup. Not trying to grow anything crazy, just chaeto and try and get a...

Hey, I recently bought a fiji cube aio 22.4 gal and was wondering if I could run a refugium in my return pump chamber? I’d like to run filter media in the first chamber. I would also like to run bio media, a skimmer and a heater in the middle chamber so that doesn’t leave me with much room left...

Hello everybody, quick question I have a pretty large population of copepods in my 25 gallon Innovative Marine lagoon tank. But here is the kicker, I have a GSP that is swarmed with copepods, Its slowly opening up but i think it might be agitated by the pods. But heres the actual kicker in...

12oz very dense apocyclops pods, 12oz phytoplankton to feed your pods, and a handful of gracilaria macroalgae for 25.00. Shipped USPS 1-3 day flat rate shipping for 8.40 with tracking included. Can ship up to two packs for the quoted 8.40 shipping. All orders ship with an additional insulated...

12oz very dense apocyclops pods and 12oz phytoplankton to feed your pods for $17.00. Shipped USPS 1-3 day flat rate shipping for 8.40 with tracking included. Can ship up to two packs for the quoted 8.40 shipping. All orders ship with an additional insulated thermal mailer. Cold pack included if...

12oz tisbe, 12oz apocyclops, 12oz tigriopus, and 12oz phytoplankton to feed your pods for $50.00 + $8.40 shipping via USPS 1-3 day flat rate with tracking included. Additional thermal insulated mailer included with all orders and a cold pack if shipping to a warm area location. That is only...

Hey guys, I’m mooking into getting a ruby red dragonet from my lfs. I have a refugium all set up and running with tons of pods. I would eventually like to get him onto mysis, but was also wondering if brine would work? I’ve read that they can eat them, but how does the nutrition of the two foods...

Should I be concerned about this growth? Is there something I should introduce to curb the algae looking growth? I’m going to be implementing a refugium in the sump in a few weeks time

Hi, I’m having a bot of trouble trying to start a copepod colony inside my reef tank/sump. After about 1/2 days of adding my pods they die off and im struggling as to why they are dying off. my specs and params: 70 gal tank (10gal sump With refugium and cheato) Ammonia: 0ppm Nitrite: 0ppm...

Hi, I'm new to the saltwater hobby and everything I see that I did not add to the tank freaks me out. I have these small white bugs on my glass I read about them and it sounds to me like some sort of copepod. I fed my tank cyclops at the start when I added my first fish as the banggai cardinal...

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’m new to the saltwater hobby & am very pleased! I went to my LFS yesterday & bought some Tonga reef ready rock & some Fiji live rock to add to my nano reef. When I woke up this morning, boy was I pleased... COPEPODS EVERYWHERE!! (Tank has no fish yet) My question is, what do I...

Hey everyone, l’m wondering if anyone has ideas or any experience with building a Fuge for a 20 gal Waterbox. The back section of the waterbox has three sections, one for a filter sock, a middle which is currently empty, and a pump in the third slot. Would it be possible to make a Fuge to...

I’ve only seen this twice in the past 2 months. At night maybe an hour after the lights go off, hundreds of baby mysis shrimp are floating in the water column. Is this some sort of hatching event or something?

I have a Fluval Evo 13.5 that's been running for the past year, today I noticed these little guys all over my glass. I'm not sure what to make of them, I'm assuming they are some sort of a pest. I initially thought copepods, but I haven't introduced any to my tank - maybe they came in as...