Buying copepods

[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