I remember my first few months of having a saltwater tank I happened to see one on my glass and freaked thinking it was one of those bad hitch hikers I've heard about. I managed to catch it in a small plastic cup and brought it into my lfs. I still remember the guy at the counter was like, bruh.
This just happened to me, but I knew that one of the pet shop plant tanks had them, so I realized it must have been introduced through that. At first I thought they might be a planarian and panicked
Great episode! I already have one mandarin and can't imagine her depleting my copepod population as they're everywhere. Was thinking about getting the psychedelic mandarin in addition. Wonder if the copepod population would be depleted if I choose to have two mandarins in a 50 gallon? I mean there's a lot!
I breed copepods in buckets with tank water from water changes, no lights, no air pump, no heater, I drop a little piece of Hikari algae wafer in the buckets every 3 days. Been doing this for 2 years and never killed the population even with temperature going as low as 5 degrees celsius and salinity going as high as 1.030
In my experience I cultivate without knowing and they multiply as 🚀 I used shrimp and I left it in my tank to cycle few weeks later the shrimp discomposed and a little animal start colonized the complete tank , my first fish was a clown fish which have a lots of food to survive now I have a lots variety of fish but I don’t see many of copépodos.. some know what food I can give them?
Hi 😀. I got a jar with water from a river close to me and within a month I found lots of copepods. Can I add them to my freshwater aquarium and if they are safe for shrimp's eggs , new hatched shrimps and guppy fry ? Thank you in advance 🤗
I have some hair algae growing. Not terrible yet..is there anything else other then I myself and astrea snails that get rid of it? The snails have done excellent in the past tho
Great video man. I've always wondered two things when it comes to copepods. 1: Can i put in too many? (I usually put two bottles of Tigger pods into my 180 with 20 gallon refugium bi-weekly) I was told by other hobbyist, that dead copepods can drive up nitrate levels and 2: Will i lose a good portion of copepods by placing them in a refugium with a protein skimmer? ( It seems to me that would be the case after acclimation.) What do you think about these two questions? Happy Holidays.....
The pods once established should be reproducing enough to maintain themselves. Put something in there for them to hide and reproduce in. I haven’t put any pods in my tank in years but there are hundreds of pods in my filter floss everytime I change it. I let them move into the new floss I use before throwing it away. If they aren’t reproducing there probably isn’t enough in the tank to keep them safe.
Having too many won’t cause issues with your fish and corals but it can cause a depletion of available food. So I’d definitely recommend some phyto feast just to make sure they were eating enough to continue reproducing. If you can put enough coverage like macro algae or filter pads in the refugium they should still be able to reproduce
@@BrockLeonard I just bought one today cuz I traded my aggressive aptasia eatin file fish for store credit. Since it had the skin design like a file fish I decided to give it a shot but there’s not a lot of care videos on the internet about it.
First step for me is always checking salinity, and water parameters. Nitrate and ammonia can be a real kicker. After that, I’d check what’s around the gsp, is there another coral stinging? After that, how long are you running your lights?
I been in the hobby for like idk 10-15 years and I just learned about copepods a few months back interesting little critters. I've always done a fowlr setup with aggressive fish I'm sure I would have learned about them doing a reef aquarium anyway I'm going to start looking I have never noticed any. Thanks good informational video
I found the freshwater copepods in my shrimp tank recently after I added sand with triops eggs, that means that maybe copepod eggs were in the sand too, or in the water that my shrimp came in as I added that water from their bag into my aquarium to acclimate them faster.
I remember my first few months of having a saltwater tank I happened to see one on my glass and freaked thinking it was one of those bad hitch hikers I've heard about. I managed to catch it in a small plastic cup and brought it into my lfs. I still remember the guy at the counter was like, bruh.
HAHAHAHA that is awesome 😂
This just happened to me, but I knew that one of the pet shop plant tanks had them, so I realized it must have been introduced through that. At first I thought they might be a planarian and panicked
Great episode!
I already have one mandarin and can't imagine her depleting my copepod population as they're everywhere. Was thinking about getting the psychedelic mandarin in addition. Wonder if the copepod population would be depleted if I choose to have two mandarins in a 50 gallon? I mean there's a lot!
I breed copepods in buckets with tank water from water changes, no lights, no air pump, no heater, I drop a little piece of Hikari algae wafer in the buckets every 3 days. Been doing this for 2 years and never killed the population even with temperature going as low as 5 degrees celsius and salinity going as high as 1.030
If you got a lot, add two!
In my experience I cultivate without knowing and they multiply as 🚀 I used shrimp and I left it in my tank to cycle few weeks later the shrimp discomposed and a little animal start colonized the complete tank , my first fish was a clown fish which have a lots of food to survive now I have a lots variety of fish but I don’t see many of copépodos.. some know what food I can give them?
Hi 😀. I got a jar with water from a river close to me and within a month I found lots of copepods. Can I add them to my freshwater aquarium and if they are safe for shrimp's eggs , new hatched shrimps and guppy fry ?
Thank you in advance 🤗
Cheers Brock 👍
Tonyyyy!!! Appreciate you always coming out. Hope you have a good weekend💪🏼
I have some hair algae growing. Not terrible yet..is there anything else other then I myself and astrea snails that get rid of it? The snails have done excellent in the past tho
Other hitchhikers can help too. Ever tried hermits or an urchin?
Great video man. I've always wondered two things when it comes to copepods. 1: Can i put in too many? (I usually put two bottles of Tigger pods into my 180 with 20 gallon refugium bi-weekly) I was told by other hobbyist, that dead copepods can drive up nitrate levels and 2: Will i lose a good portion of copepods by placing them in a refugium with a protein skimmer? ( It seems to me that would be the case after acclimation.) What do you think about these two questions? Happy Holidays.....
The pods once established should be reproducing enough to maintain themselves. Put something in there for them to hide and reproduce in. I haven’t put any pods in my tank in years but there are hundreds of pods in my filter floss everytime I change it. I let them move into the new floss I use before throwing it away. If they aren’t reproducing there probably isn’t enough in the tank to keep them safe.
Having too many won’t cause issues with your fish and corals but it can cause a depletion of available food. So I’d definitely recommend some phyto feast just to make sure they were eating enough to continue reproducing.
If you can put enough coverage like macro algae or filter pads in the refugium they should still be able to reproduce
Thanks Brock
Thanks for coming out!!😁
Bro is it possible to culture coral reef? Reef is a source of calcium carbonate
Hey Brock
Do you have any knowledge on the
Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
Gah I haven’t seen that specific two spot wrasse in a long time. They behave similar to a Christmas wrasse tho
@@BrockLeonard I just bought one today cuz I traded my aggressive aptasia eatin file fish for store credit.
Since it had the skin design like a file fish I decided to give it a shot but there’s not a lot of care videos on the internet about it.
My gsp is not open. What do i do.
First step for me is always checking salinity, and water parameters. Nitrate and ammonia can be a real kicker. After that, I’d check what’s around the gsp, is there another coral stinging? After that, how long are you running your lights?
6hours
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That’s for being here Jerry!😄
@@BrockLeonard Copepod
Hey everybody
😩 *Promosm*
Can you make more video about more corals
You got it, my friend! 💪🏼
Been binge watching lot's of your content over the last few weeks while my tank cycles!
Very, very helpful stuff! Thank you!
Can’t thank you enough for watching! Reach out if you ever have any questions
@@BrockLeonard Shall do! For now I've got more to binge!
When you said that copepods convert sun’s energy into food, do any of them open a restaurant under the sea named the Chum bucket?
HAHAHAHA love it
@@BrockLeonardare there copepods for fresh water aquarium?
I hate these creatures in bionix
I been in the hobby for like idk 10-15 years and I just learned about copepods a few months back interesting little critters. I've always done a fowlr setup with aggressive fish I'm sure I would have learned about them doing a reef aquarium anyway I'm going to start looking I have never noticed any. Thanks good informational video
Love a good fowlr tank. What kind of aggressive fish did you have? Thanks for watching too! Means a lot
im so happy youre still posting! I LOVE COPEPODS
I appreciate you always coming out to watch😁
I noticed you have the two types of mandarines,are they aggressive towards each other ?
Nope, never had any aggression issues. Main thing to remember is keeping enough pods in the tank for both of them.
Awesome vid mate 🤙🏽
Thanks for coming out Steve!🔥
I found the freshwater copepods in my shrimp tank recently after I added sand with triops eggs, that means that maybe copepod eggs were in the sand too, or in the water that my shrimp came in as I added that water from their bag into my aquarium to acclimate them faster.
Miss your vids bro. Keep it up.
Holiday season gets a little crazy haha. Thanks for always coming by!💪🏼
@@BrockLeonard enjoy the holidays bro! Cheers
2mm is more than enough to crearly identify them without a microscope. Feed your fish with live food and your aquarium will be a way more cleaner 😎.
What size microscope would you recommend to see them more clearly for identification?