culturing pods

[jelly]

I have been reading about culturing pods and still having ahard time understanding what I’m reading. What I’m doing understand is what I should be feeding them. What’s thebest temp to keep them in, and what’s the best salinity to keep them in. For what I have read I can use a small tankwith some airlines in the tank to give it some current and to airrate the tank. I have read to feed them phyto but havealso read that I don’t need to feed phyto and can feed flake food ground upvery fine. (Very small amounts). How often show I change their water, howoften should I feed, and how often and how much should I harvest. I know most of this is explained all over theweb but I’m having a hard time understanding all the info as stated and my patentsgo fast when I need to reed 5 pages of info. I blame it on the fact that I’m ADD and understand best from being shownor told without this long drown out explanation. Please keep the info short and easy tounderstand.

 

[soccerbag]

I am zero help with this. There are a couple of guys who do culture pods on here regularly.

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anemonekeeper
shred5

You should pm one of these guys and I'm sure they can answer your questions. Hope that helps a bit.

 

[CJO]

I feed mine a combination of different types of phyto- Nannochloropsis oculata, Isochryis galbana (Tahitian strain) and Thalasiosira weissflogi (actually a diatom) [I'm doing all the names and spelling from memory, so they might be a little off]. You can also feed them flake food, but they end up not being as nutritious and the water fouls more quickly than with just phyto. They are very resilient and can be cultured in a large range of salinities. I culture mine at the same salinity as my tank to make it easier. I also make it easier by using less water so that there is enough surface area for gas exchange and I don't need an airline.

I have a very simple system. I keep mine in a 5-gallon bucket and only fill it about 4 inches deep. I cut a piece of filter pad and threw it in to give them a place to hang out and breed. I strain half the water through a filter ever week. All the pods that end up in the filter, I put in the aquarium. I replenish the water I strained from the 5-gallon culture bucket with the phyto I've made that week and let it sit until the next time I harvest. I've had a culture of Tigriopus californicus going for about 6 months now.

CJ

 

[jelly]

thanks CJO. what are the other types of pods that are cultured. i see most to tigriopus. are the others the same to culture or more difficult.

 

[CJO]

Tigriopus californicus is pretty common since you can buy the Tigger Pods from your LFS. They are also very large for copepods, which makes them good food for most fish. The only problem with them is that they don't hide and are quickly eaten by your fish, so they never really get established in your system. Another good option is Tisbe. These are much smaller, but they hide in the rocks, so they can establish themselves in an aquarium fairly quickly. They are both pretty easy to culture, but you have to culture them separately if you want to do both. Otherwise, the Tigriopus will outcompete the Tisbe.

CJ

 

[jelly]

can anyone tell me what kind of pods these are? click on the image and you can view the video

 

[bige]

I would say mysis shrimp.

 

[CJO]

i would say mysis shrimp.

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cj

 

[jelly]

whats the best way to check my pod population? would like to know this before i try to culture them.

 

[Aquaph8]

Ive had the best luck with the tisbe variety. I keep them the same salinity as my tank and just at room temp. I feed phyto, and just keep a green tint to the water. I change the water out whenever it starts to look like it needs it and that it.