IOTM: Copepods, Amphipods, Isopods
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celacanthr
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Wasn't it disgusting? Thanx Fishmamma!
houndhome1
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does anyone have a picture of the bad ones?
celacanthr
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Look in that thread that I linked in the article, it has all types, inluding some of the bad, althought he best way to know if they are bad, and if they are bad, you will notice, otherwise it is just a hard long job to take tem out of your tank, just because it MAY be a bad one. Although, I do suggest taking out anything that looks like the cirolanoid isopods.
speg
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How quickly do they reproduce? How long does a female hold the eggs before they hatch. Is it a constant cycle of >blank< amount of days similiar to how clownfish breed? A lot of people end up buying mandarins even though their tank cannot handle them.. their pod population ends up taking a dive bomb and they are curious how long it may take to repopulate their tank.
celacanthr
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lets see, time span from egg to adult is anywhere from 1-6 weeks (sometimes a few months) for copepods. The adult life span is 1-3 months.
So for one generation to mature, and produce offspring and die, the maximum would be 6 months at the most, and 1 month and one week, and on average, about 3.5 months, give or take.
The brood is anywhere from 10-50 eggs per pregnancy, we will go 30, on average.
So on average, if every copepod survived, then from just two copepods (1 male and 1 female), then in 6 months you could have 30^30-x , and in a year, like 30^90-x copepods.
x=number of copepod deaths since the beginning
Sorry for the math problems, LOL Algebra exam today!
So for one generation to mature, and produce offspring and die, the maximum would be 6 months at the most, and 1 month and one week, and on average, about 3.5 months, give or take.
The brood is anywhere from 10-50 eggs per pregnancy, we will go 30, on average.
So on average, if every copepod survived, then from just two copepods (1 male and 1 female), then in 6 months you could have 30^30-x , and in a year, like 30^90-x copepods.
x=number of copepod deaths since the beginning
Sorry for the math problems, LOL Algebra exam today!
celacanthr
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Well, to tell you the truth, I do not know, but the female carries the eggs....so iit could be between a day and a week, and then in theory they could breed again...in theory...
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reeffer
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lockemup
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I have some copepods in my fuge, but Don't they die off when passing through the UV sterilizer on their way up to the display tank?
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jdragunas
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yeah... the uv sterilizer kills everything... which is why i don't have one...