copepods

[RedipsNam]

I want to culture copepods, I have experience on culturing, rotifers and phytoplankton, so how strong is my oxygen will be? how often should I add phytoplankton in a day? do they need lights too? every when should I hatch those copepods? and lastly can I use coffee filter for hatching them?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

This link discusses how to culture a bunch of pod species, but hopefully others will chime in with their advice/experience too:

Culture Techniques of Marine Copepods. pdf

Copepods are the most important natural food for many fish and fish larvae. They are superior than many other live feeds for larviculture due to their small sized nauplii and better fatty acid composition. Copepods are complete with respect to

www.academia.edu

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Pretty much the same process as rotifers just with extended times as they do not reproduce as fast as rotifers

 

[RedipsNam]

Pretty much the same process as rotifers just with extended times as they do not reproduce as fast as rotifers

That’s great, slow airflow like blop for 2 secs and I’ll put it into grow light too, and twice a day feed will be fine okay thank you!

 

[TokenReefer]

I found this article very helpful/specific when I was culturing them

Raising Live Rotifers & Copepods

An article describes in depth how to raise rotifers and copepods (Tigriopus Californicus) as a live food source for your reef tank, especially mandarin gobys.

www.brineshrimpdirect.com

Good luck!

 

[emmysnewtank]

Adding question to this thread as we are about to start culturing pods as well. I have the system setup, but worried about them culturing in a cold garage. We are in Los Angeles, so probably won't get colder than 50's but should I try and put small heater in the gallon sized jars I'm culturing in?

Or is temp into the 50's ok? going to light them up 14 hours a day, but not sure about needing heat or not?

 

[Bent17]

Adding question to this thread as we are about to start culturing pods as well. I have the system setup, but worried about them culturing in a cold garage. We are in Los Angeles, so probably won't get colder than 50's but should I try and put small heater in the gallon sized jars I'm culturing in?

Or is temp into the 50's ok? going to light them up 14 hours a day, but not sure about needing heat or not?

Bumping this as I have the same concern

 

[bozo]

Adding question to this thread as we are about to start culturing pods as well. I have the system setup, but worried about them culturing in a cold garage. We are in Los Angeles, so probably won't get colder than 50's but should I try and put small heater in the gallon sized jars I'm culturing in?

Or is temp into the 50's ok? going to light them up 14 hours a day, but not sure about needing heat or not?

Same concerns as well.