What do you use to make your copepod sieve?

[bondno9]

I started culturing tisbee copepods and I was looking to build a sieve set after seeing how pricey they were online. For those of you who went the DIY route, what did you use for the mesh? I'm thinking of going 50-125-250.

 

[reefsaver]

Go to a Fishing and Tackle store or have a look online for those trawlable Plankton nets.
I'd thought of getting one for a while because I often go fishing and figure I could get free Phyto and pods.
There are some commercial Plankton Nets worth thousands of dollars so it might take a minute of digging to find one that could be used by a hobbyist but they absolutely exist, I saw two under $50 at my local tackle and bait store recently.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I bought mesh bags from Amazon, you can buy them in different micron sizes. Then I cut them and glued them to pvc pipes. I have 50 and 100 micron sizes. It works perfect and it’s super cheap.

 

[reefsaver]

I bought mesh bags from Amazon, you can buy them in different micron sizes. Then I cut them and glued them to pvc pipes. I have 50 and 100 micron sizes. It works perfect and it’s super cheap.

This is nice I like it. You probably have a filter sock on hand that could do it.

 

[bondno9]

I bought mesh bags from Amazon, you can buy them in different micron sizes. Then I cut them and glued them to pvc pipes. I have 50 and 100 micron sizes. It works perfect and it’s super cheap.

Link doesn’t work for me.