Timidfish
Community Member
Hello everyone, I am hoping I have this in the correct forum area if not please mods could you move it for me to the correct one. I am wondering about my system not having any Copepods in it, it is around a 4 month old tank and I was told I should have them by now, I have a 60 gallon tank with a 4 bulb tt5 ho light on it 60 ish lbs of live rock, and I use a hob skimmer and a canister filter as I don't have room in my apartment to store all of the stuff out side the stand to allow for a sump. I don't know if that would make a difference or not, I have looked at random times for them on my bed after lights out, generally starting around a 1 hour mark after they go out, now if it makes a difference I just recentely started testing alk and calc, I was a fish only tank for the beginning and didn't plan on corals until the wife saw them so I am now testing and making adjustments. I found out my alk and calc were not where they should have been so I don't know if that makes a difference or not. I understand each tank is different but was wondering if it was true that I should have them in my tank and I should be able to see them after the lights go out or not. I take a flash light and look on the sand bed for them but don't see them. One other thing I just thought of is that I have a mix of sand and CC for the bed, CC being around the intakes for the canister filter. I didn't want the sand to get into the filter which I realized after running it for a week that it wouldn't have anyways, chalk it up for learning as you go unfortunately plus it gives it a bit of a different look then just the sand alone. I have been trying to figure this out and cant find a answer I can trust out on the web anywhere. So thank you for any help you can shine on it.
