Copepods

[shista]

i want to get a dragonet but i have no copepods and pods. how can i grow sume?? can i buy them?? or can i just get sea monkeys and feed them to my dragonet now and then??

 

[airforceb2]

Get a lot of LR. Copepods are "pods". Dragonets may not take sea monkeys...it would be hit and miss. I would give it some time (about 6 months) and let your pod population grow.

 

[jmick]

Shista, do the poor dragonet a favor and don’t buy it. Sea monkey? Is that brine shrimp? If so they have zero nutritional value…again, don’t buy it

 

[marsilly]

Not to hoard in on Shista, but how do you know if there is copods in your tank. Mine has been set up for 2-3 years now.

 

[kindbuds2k]

Man, at night when i turn my lights off i get a flash light and just look at my tank and i have tons of them, also they grow in my refugium like crazy. They just started populating my tank over time.

 

[dogpoor]

Shista - If you want to have enough copepods to keep a dragonet happy then you may want to seed your tank every now and then. I bought my copepods and rotifers at ***deleted*** I have been raising them for over a year. My mandarine and scooters are VERY happy. Have had the mandarine for over a year. If you read enough and do enough research there is no reason why you should not try it. They are BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!! GOOD LUCK! :cheer:

 

[mudplayerx]

lol she said "sea monkies"
sorry, I'm going to bed now

 

[murph]

I think thats great, sea monkeys that is. That really takes me back and I bet I am not the only one here whos first experience with keeping a water pet was sea monkeys. Technically my first tank at 6 years old was a saltwater tank if you count the brine solution I kept my sea monkeys in. :joy:

 

[jmick]

Sea monkeys