Where to get live copepods

[abartolo]

Want to add them to a tank to sustain a Mandarin Dragonette

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[Cliff]

Iwarna selling live triggerpods in btl


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[Komerider]

Want to add them to a tank to sustain a Mandarin Dragonette
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U need to add them in and let them populate for a while b4 the mandarin goes in. Throw some in the sump to grow out also.

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[Naughtyfish]

Can pass u some chaeto put them in your refugium. I have lots of them around the chaeto


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[abartolo]

Thanks but have 135L IOS tank with no refugium. Yet ....


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[alvarogr]

Can i have one Chaeto please??


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[damon]

Avoid tiggerpods

[Cliff]

Avoid tiggerpods

Y? Pls share. Newbie


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[Komerider]

Y? Pls share. Newbie


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Yes. Why, i have seeded them for a couple of years np.

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[damon]

The first problem is their swimming behaviour. They tend to stay in the water column and get eaten very fast. The second problem is their diet.

Edited November 6, 2017 by damon

[SubzeroLT]

37 minutes ago, damon said:

The first problem is their swimming behaviour. They tend to stay in the water column and get eaten very fast. The second problem is their diet.

I agree on this comment. 

Tigger pods are pelagic (i.e. free swimming). As mentioned by Damon, they eaten by fishes very quickly because they are free swimming.

If you observe mandarin dragonets, they peck surfaces and are terrible at catching free swimming pods. The best pods for them are small "Benthic" (bottom dwelling type). Example is Tisbe or baby amphipods.

I've also noticed that mandarins have small mouths and they skip the larger amphipods (Mine won't eat 2mm sized amphipods)

 

While pods can survive on detritus, the population will explode if you feed it phytoplankton. Ideally live phyto.

 

 

 

 

[Cliff]

The first problem is their swimming behaviour. They tend to stay in the water column and get eaten very fast. The second problem is their diet.

Tks


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[Cliff]

I agree on this comment. 
Tigger pods are pelagic (i.e. free swimming). As mentioned by Damon, they eaten by fishes very quickly because they are free swimming.
If you observe mandarin dragonets, they peck surfaces and are terrible at catching free swimming pods. The best pods for them are small "Benthic" (bottom dwelling type). Example is Tisbe or baby amphipods.
I've also noticed that mandarins have small mouths and they skip the larger amphipods (Mine won't eat 2mm sized amphipods)
 
While pods can survive on detritus, the population will explode if you feed it phytoplankton. Ideally live phyto.
 
 
 
 

Tks


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[weizhi10]

Can pass u some chaeto put them in your refugium. I have lots of them around the chaeto


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Hi there, do u still have some chaeto? I need too please

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