Copepods in Fish Only Question?

mony97

mony97

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Hey everyone, I was wondering what is they best way to go about creating an established copepod population in a fish only tank? I want to eventually get a mandrin goby and need the copepods for food. Also can they be "grown" outside the tank in a seperate tank or something, then transfered as needed for feeding?
 
mony97

mony97

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Live rock in the copepod tank? i could if it was needed. and what is the best way of going about this?
 
girlina4x4

girlina4x4

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You sure can! I would look into a refugium or a refugium/sump combo. It would be a place where the pods could breed without being eaten, while a healthy amount are still going into the tank regularly.
 
ca161406

ca161406

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yeah i have a 125 FOWLR i put in two bottles of pods. and theyre still there after a month so they must be reproducing
 
mony97

mony97

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Sweet, im glad to hear i can breed them in the same tank (well the refugium/sump) so i dont have to have a second tank just for the copepods. Also should i keep anything special in the refugium for them?
Thx for the responses keep um coming:)
 
mony97

mony97

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I have not started the tank just yet, but am getting as prepaired as i can before starting, so no i dont as of now haha :). But, what is chaeto and what is it used for?
 
mboswell1982

mboswell1982

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its a macro algae, and its used for filtration, u put a clump of it in your sump/refugium, you'll have to trim it occasionally, and ur copepods will breed an multiply like crazy in there, and they'll have ready access to get back to your DT
 
nycbob

nycbob

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how much live rocks do u hv in ur tank currently? u will still need plenty of liverocks in ur dt to sustain a mandarin. u wont hv enough pods from the fuge (even if u hv a lot there) going into the dt.
 
mony97

mony97

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thx for the info everyone! I am definitly becoming more prepaird for this tank when i recieve it. And mboswell, the tank i will be reciving does have the chaeto in the sump/ refugium but not for the purpose i will use it for, i was planning on really cleaning it out and putting new stuff in for the install at my place is that a good idea or is it best to use the older stuff?
 
mony97

mony97

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Agreed on the year waiting time, i have heard that many times and am planning on waiting, since i will be resatrting the tank from scratch.
 
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