Buying copepods

[jason604]

I'm thinking of buying those bottles of live Copepoda to restock my tank for my mandarin. Do I just pour the whole bottle into my sump? I have dragon breathe in there I think or some kind of red algae I bought from JL cuz they ran out of chaeto. Or do I pour lil by lil every few days into my DT? How long do they stay alive for I'm the fridge? Can they reproduce in my sump?

[gregzz4]

You could just buy them from mohamedalli, or whatever his username is

As for dumping them into your tank, I'd do it at night with your pumps off so the pods have a chance to find your LR before being eaten while they float around in the water column

And if you have a 'fuge, put them in there with the flow turned off for, I don't know, 5-15mins, so they can populate the area

If you dump them in with the pumps on, they will mostly get filtered out/eaten right away

[jason604]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

You could just buy them from mohamedalli, or whatever his username is

As for dumping them into your tank, I'd do it at night with your pumps off so the pods have a chance to find your LR before being eaten while they float around in the water column

And if you have a 'fuge, put them in there with the flow turned off for, I don't know, 5-15mins, so they can populate the area

If you dump them in with the pumps on, they will mostly get filtered out/eaten right away

yea i was gonna buy from him. Dunno if i should get 8oz or 30oz and dump it all in at once?

[fooman]

I was wondering who is selling that would ship to BC?

[EmilyB]

Can you get this in Calgary?

[Skimmer Juice]

Originally Posted by EmilyB

Can you get this in Calgary?

they sell live pods in a bottle at pisces for $20 a bottle , not sure if that helps

[Myka]

Originally Posted by gregzz4

You could just buy them from mohamedalli, or whatever his username is

I sent him PM a month ago asking about his different copepods and he didn't reply. He had not signed onto CanReef in a long time when I checked.

[monocus]

he's coming by my place today.i'll relay the message

[harlequin01]

i heard from someone that those copepod they are selling at the store are harvested from a cold water region. they will not survive the temperature in your tank

[monocus]

they are harvested from tidal pools so the temp can get pretty high.i tried to propagate them but made a mistake on the bucket i was using.they did live in the bucket for 3 weeks,but i assume i had an ammonia spike.they also take a long time to propagate compared to rotifers that can double populations within 16 hours