Bottled Copepods
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handbanana
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I purchased some as well. they florished on my tank glass untill I got my Scooter blenny. Pretty sure he ate them all.
king_neptune
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seeding pods works. I seeded with SWF.com's brand, and 4 months later it was amazingly rich with pod life.
last month I seeded with tiger pods, and they are just now begining to show up. They make up about 1/10 of my pod population.
My tank is so super saturated, that I am planning on gettting a dragonett now.
last month I seeded with tiger pods, and they are just now begining to show up. They make up about 1/10 of my pod population.
My tank is so super saturated, that I am planning on gettting a dragonett now.
J
jstdv8
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I seeded mine 7 months ago with DT's pods. I have loads of them now.
Neptune, don't you have a scrubber? see all those little pods Sm talks about?
Neptune, don't you have a scrubber? see all those little pods Sm talks about?
king_neptune
Active Member
Originally Posted by Jstdv8
http:///forum/post/3252687
I seeded mine 7 months ago with DT's pods. I have loads of them now.
Neptune, don't you have a scrubber? see all those little pods Sm talks about?
Id be willing to claim I have more pods in my 125 system than ANYONE else on this forum. Its like watching the ground about 3 feet away from a big anthill. At first you notice a few dozen pods...but as your eye focuses...you suddenly realize that I have thousands and thousands scruyying about my tank.
Ive never, and I mean NEVER been to anyones house or any LFS and seen even a fraction of the activity I have on my rocks. I personally think its the Foam wall build myself that is producing the majority. Remember its a 72"x22"wall of sponge that is basicly a pod breeding ground, and storehouse for microbacteria ect. I know having the scrubber as the main means of filtration the first 5 months of my tank deffinatly helped, but I shut it down last month as an experiment. I think that the foam wall atributed more than the scrubber. But I deffinatly belive the scrubber deserves its share of credit.
http:///forum/post/3252687
I seeded mine 7 months ago with DT's pods. I have loads of them now.
Neptune, don't you have a scrubber? see all those little pods Sm talks about?
Id be willing to claim I have more pods in my 125 system than ANYONE else on this forum. Its like watching the ground about 3 feet away from a big anthill. At first you notice a few dozen pods...but as your eye focuses...you suddenly realize that I have thousands and thousands scruyying about my tank.
Ive never, and I mean NEVER been to anyones house or any LFS and seen even a fraction of the activity I have on my rocks. I personally think its the Foam wall build myself that is producing the majority. Remember its a 72"x22"wall of sponge that is basicly a pod breeding ground, and storehouse for microbacteria ect. I know having the scrubber as the main means of filtration the first 5 months of my tank deffinatly helped, but I shut it down last month as an experiment. I think that the foam wall atributed more than the scrubber. But I deffinatly belive the scrubber deserves its share of credit.
king_neptune
Active Member
Originally Posted by Hunt
http:///forum/post/3252690
IMO, avoid tigger pods, they are a cold water speicies that will not breed well in an 80 degree tank, reef pods, like on swf.com are good
I just got them as a means of adding diversity. True, they only make up a small percentage when compared to my ampiopods, and copopods, but they are showing themselves more and more over the last few weeks. PErsonally I like the amphopods best, they re-produce well.
http:///forum/post/3252690
IMO, avoid tigger pods, they are a cold water speicies that will not breed well in an 80 degree tank, reef pods, like on swf.com are good
I just got them as a means of adding diversity. True, they only make up a small percentage when compared to my ampiopods, and copopods, but they are showing themselves more and more over the last few weeks. PErsonally I like the amphopods best, they re-produce well.
R
rotifer
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Hi Hunt,
I'm sorry but you've been given some bad information about Tigger-Pods. Tigriopus californicus have been shown to naturally range in temperatures from 42 to 92 F.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action...line&aid=70713
Tigger-Pods is a specific brand name of live copepods produced by Reed Mariculture (my company) in California.
TC don't live in the ocean - they live in splash zone pools, up above the ocean. These pools are shallow and get quite warm during the day, some much warmer than reef systems. That's where they live, grow, and thrive.
TC range from the very cold waters of the Canadian border to the warm waters of Mexico so it’s a good assumption that ones from different locations locally adapt to grow best at those temperatures. Our broodstock came from tide pools in central California where it gets pretty hot so they thrive in warm water and can easily be cultured at standard reef temperatures.
We produce millions of them each month in greenhouses where temperatures range from 65 to 85 F. Our heaters kick on at around 70 F and there are no chillers so the tanks can creep upwards of 90 F on a hot day. We get our best production between 75-80 F. If they fall below 70 F production falls off dramatically.
I'm sorry but you've been given some bad information about Tigger-Pods. Tigriopus californicus have been shown to naturally range in temperatures from 42 to 92 F.
http://journals.cambridge.org/action...line&aid=70713
Tigger-Pods is a specific brand name of live copepods produced by Reed Mariculture (my company) in California.
TC don't live in the ocean - they live in splash zone pools, up above the ocean. These pools are shallow and get quite warm during the day, some much warmer than reef systems. That's where they live, grow, and thrive.
TC range from the very cold waters of the Canadian border to the warm waters of Mexico so it’s a good assumption that ones from different locations locally adapt to grow best at those temperatures. Our broodstock came from tide pools in central California where it gets pretty hot so they thrive in warm water and can easily be cultured at standard reef temperatures.
We produce millions of them each month in greenhouses where temperatures range from 65 to 85 F. Our heaters kick on at around 70 F and there are no chillers so the tanks can creep upwards of 90 F on a hot day. We get our best production between 75-80 F. If they fall below 70 F production falls off dramatically.
king_neptune
Active Member
Hunt might have been confused since Tiger pods are kept in a fridge at the LFS to keep them from breeding in the bottle.
At anyrate, I added them for the diversity. I have several kinds of pods.
At anyrate, I added them for the diversity. I have several kinds of pods.