How do i store my tisbe, trigio, and apo copepods that are in a 32oz bottle.

[Yesevil123]

So I just bought 2 32oz bottles of copepods for my tank and it just arrived today, just wanted to know how i should store them and where. Should i plan on putting a whole bottle in my tank and save other other? Or should I add both?

 

[SpyC]

Put them all in your tank

 

[Yesevil123]

Put them all in your tank

Okay! Do I turn my filter and skimmer off? I think I'm also suppose to put them close to the substrate too

 

[corosato]

turn off all flow and lights, put them in close to the rockwork and wait ~10 minutes or so is what I do

 

[folsomreefing]

I would wait until lights are off for about an hour and dump them in the tank. You can store them at room temperature for the meantime

 

[Jaden9933]

i just added 8 jars to my 25 gallons for my 2 mandarin dragonets. no such thing as too many copepods! i add mine with flow, just no filter or protein skimmer. Survival of the fittest! the rest are eaten by my corals and fish

 

[Yesevil123]

i just added 8 jars to my 25 gallons for my 2 mandarin dragonets. no such thing as too many copepods! i add mine with flow, just no filter or protein skimmer. Survival of the fittest! the rest are eaten by my corals and fish

So I can have more than one mandarin?? I

 

[exnisstech]

So I can have more than one mandarin?? I

Only a pair (male & female) of the same type usually work . TBH I would not add any mandarin in a tank that doesn't have enough pods to sustain it without having to add them.

 

[Jaden9933]

So I can have more than one mandarin?? I

Only if its a mated pair, as stated above. And ask lokg as you can keep up with it by having a refugium with macroalgae and rocks for them to grow big populations on/in, on top of adding copepods regularly. I also feed live bring shrimp (for the mandarins and the copepods) every day and live phtyoplanktom which keeps populations booming! You can also culture copepod populations in small tanks and containers to keep populations young, healthy, and reproducing! It's work and money, but my mandarins are chunky so I know they're happy

 

[Yesevil123]

Only a pair (male & female) of the same type usually work . TBH I would not add any mandarin in a tank that doesn't have enough pods to sustain it without having to add them.

I was going too. I just didn't know that I could if I wanted

 

[exnisstech]

I was going too. I just didn't know that I could if I wanted

I kept a pair for a while. Just have to make sure they are male and female. Biota marine offers captive bred pairs

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[HudsonReefer2.0]

+1 on the biota. My male is enjoying the system so far. Healthy arrival too. Good luck if you do get one.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

So I just bought 2 32oz bottles of copepods for my tank and it just arrived today, just wanted to know how i should store them and where. Should i plan on putting a whole bottle in my tank and save other other? Or should I add both?

get them to room temp sooner than later and even better, get them floating in your water to match the temp. You’ll see what looked like lethargic pods start to really swim around when they get to to an even temp

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

you can also take a bottle and cultivate your own to save money. it’s not that hard you just need to research it a bit.

 

[chip shop]

Get a tub of saltwater chuck banana peel in leave in sun wait till water has a tinge of green add pods to it and you’ll have an endless supply free