LF: copepod culture

[Reefgoat]

From what I understand Tisbe pods are Benthic and hide a lot so they aren't all immediately eaten. Tigger pods are primarily Pelagic and don't tend to hide. They will swim in the open and quickly be eaten by all your fish. Tisbe pods are a little more difficult to culture as they are tolerant of a relatively narrow range of temperature, salinity, and water quality whereas Tigger pods are much more hardy. Also this is not from personal experience, I have just been reading up on it as I have been planning to get a Mandarin for quite some time and want to be prepared.

I remember seeing a sponsor in Edmonton or Calgary who sells cultures of various live foods. If you do a search in the forums you could probably find it. I think it was Calgary.

[Kevany]

Mrhasan, last time I was at Blue World Edmonton they had copepods, and I'm pretty sure he ships as well. When I first got my mandarin I was worried about the pod population in my tank as well, so I bought a white worm culture from Blue World to suppliment feeding, and my mandarin loved them. What I did, is throw a few white worms in my tank along with a pinch of NLS pellets, and now after a few months my mandarin is trained to eat pellets as well.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by Kevany

Mrhasan, last time I was at Blue World Edmonton they had copepods, and I'm pretty sure he ships as well. When I first got my mandarin I was worried about the pod population in my tank as well, so I bought a white worm culture from Blue World to suppliment feeding, and my mandarin loved them. What I did, is throw a few white worms in my tank along with a pinch of NLS pellets, and now after a few months my mandarin is trained to eat pellets as well.

Awesome. Thanks for the positive heads up

[regent2009]

sure thing i have my big n strong mandarin for over 2 yrs it eats NLS pellet too. buy the one with a blue tang label. altho mine eats all NLS now.

[jagermaier]

Golds usually have live tigger pods for sale, just make sure you check that they are still swimming around before you buy them.

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by regent2009

sure thing i have my big n strong mandarin for over 2 yrs it eats NLS pellet too. buy the one with a blue tang label. altho mine eats all NLS now.

Thanks for the heads up

Golds usually have live tigger pods for sale, just make sure you check that they are still swimming around before you buy them.

Thanks I will sure check that out. Any idea how long one bottle is going to last for my 20 gallon?