Copepods

[RedipsNam]

If I use my coffee filter for copepods do you guys think it will catch all of my copepods even those babies?

 

[Lavey29]

No

 

[RedipsNam]

No

So what can I do to separate them to a lot of bottles? too many people asking me that they will buy my cultures, what if I grab a 591 bottle and scope it from my culture is okay and sell it?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

If I use my coffee filter for copepods do you guys think it will catch all of my copepods even those babies?

Paper or gold filter?
You can get filter material on Amazon in different microns. buy 2 two gallon buckets at the depot. Cut one a few inches down from the top. crazy glue the filter to the top of the bucket, set that bucket in the whole bucket and now you have a sieve. From there, you can even do different microns so say you only want adults. Or you can do progressive filters and separate adults from juveniles and eggs.

 

[RedipsNam]

Paper or gold filter?
You can get filter material on Amazon in different microns. buy 2 two gallon buckets at the depot. Cut one a few inches down from the top. crazy glue the filter to the top of the bucket, set that bucket in the whole bucket and now you have a sieve. From there, you can even do different microns so say you only want adults. Or you can do progressive filters and separate adults from juveniles and eggs.

Just wondering, I would like to sell them because lot of people wants to buy some of my pods, what if I grab a bottle of 591 and scoop them to it without using sieves? So to be careful not to grab those detritus from bottom so water still clear and catch just copepods like rotifers?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

Sorry I do not believe I know what a bottle of 591 is. Is it a plastic coke bottle?

 

[RedipsNam]

Sorry I do not believe I know what a bottle of 591 is. Is it a plastic coke bottle?

Yup, let’s say a bottle of water and will scoop some copepods on that, is it okay?

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

If I use my coffee filter for copepods do you guys think it will catch all of my copepods even those babies?

A coffee filter will catch everything literally everything it's only 20 microns . Problem with that is it will clog very fast being the microns are so small .

 

[Lavey29]

Give algae barn a call or email. Ask them what method they use.

 

[RedipsNam]

A coffee filter will catch everything literally everything it's only 20 microns . Problem with that is it will clog very fast being the microns are so small .

I was planning to sell some bottle but using their own water, like scoop a copepods and put it in the bottle and sell it, is that gonna be okay?

 

[TangerineSpeedo]

There is a lot that could go wrong with the way you want to do it. But if is just for your friends. You only have them to lose… lol.

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

I was planning to sell some bottle but using their own water, like scoop a copepods and put it in the bottle and sell it, is that gonna be okay?

I would use fresh saltwater as to minimize contamination

 

[RedipsNam]

I would use fresh saltwater as to minimize contamination

Awesome thank you! Someone told me they use coffee filter and sell it too