copepod tank

[janastasio]

Couple of quick questions. I drove 2 hours today to purchase copepods from a pet store. I dont have much around me, so I had to drive a good distance. I have 19 gallon established tank with one clown fish, live sand and live rock in it. I am drip acclimating the clown to my larger mostly fishless tank (has one mandarin. I purchased the pods to put into the 19 gallon to hopefully breed them in there. I also bought a bag of macro algae to put into this tank. Do I need to block the intake on the filter with a sponge or will these guys stay mostly in the algae and rocks. Anything else that I need to do?? I figuring that when I want to put pods in the tank, I can put a handful of the algae in?? Or is there a better way? (other than adding a fuge to the tank!) Thanks!

 

[cranberry]

What kind of pods did you buy?

 

[janastasio]

They are tigger pods. Didnt even think about the fact that there might be different types of pods. Are these ok for the mandarin??

 

[cranberry]

Yes, a mandarin will eat them. They don't tend to keep their populations up in the normal reef environment like a Tisbe sp would and will have to be replenished.

 

[janastasio]

Well, I'm hoping that being in there own separte tank will help with that. There will be nothing to prey on them. I have pods in my system right now, just trying to plan ahead. Maybe I will put an online order in JIC. Thanks!