Hyposalinity & Copepods

[pitons]

I'm about 5 days into hypo now and I was just wondering how long I can expect the copepods to continue living? I moved the live rock out of the tank and left the fish. I'm happy the mandarin fish still has something to eat, but I was just curious to know how long the food supply will last.

 

[beth]

I don't see copepods surviving hypo. Why did you decide to handle the ick in your main tank? You should supplement the food for the manderian

 

[pitons]

I decided to handle the ich in the main tank because it was easier to move the live rock and the few inverts I have than to move the fish. Also, my QT tank doesn't have much in the way of filtration so I figured the live rock would do better in it.

 

[pitons]

The salinity has been 1.009 for 6 days now.

 

[pitons]

I'm using both a glass hydrometer and a swing arm type. I know they're not the most accurate, but using them together I think/hope it's accurate.
What is the best device to measure salinity? I think I heard of something called a refractometer?(sp)