Copepods

bob on this

Member
I just added a fuge to my 75 gal tank. I have a filter, skimmer, heater and return pump in the fuge (20 gal tank).
I also have a large amount of Cheato I found on ----.
The guy on ---- had sugjested that I dump all the shipping water in my Fuge as well as the Cheato, to keep as many copepods as possable.
The USPS took an extra day to deliver the Cheato, so I decided to toss the water and NOT add it to the system.
Anyway, today I took the skimmer out to clean it, and it was full of copepods, yet I don't see any in the Cheato?
Is there a reasion they migrated to the skimmer? Are there more, and I just don't see them?
Should I put a foam filter on the skimmer intake?
Thanks for any help.
Bob
 

bruner54

Member
they prolly got sucked up into the skimmer i am not sure if foam will help someone else might know.
 
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