How to breed copepods?

chris124 · Jun 25, 2014

Would copepods be good for my fish and how do you breed them and what do you feed them? I have a small ten gallon tank that I could raise them in. I know this is a dumb question but I thought I would ask people who all ready have them. Thanks.

VicD81 · Jun 26, 2014

Yes they would be good for your fish and you need to do nothing to breed them, just a place for them to seek refuge. I dont have a place to "breed" them in my biocube but every time I clean my sponge filter there are a couple in there. If you have a refugium all you need is some chaeto, a pod culture and you're good to go.

chris124 · Jun 26, 2014

VicD81 said:
Yes they would be good for your fish and you need to do nothing to breed them, just a place for them to seek refuge. I dont have a place to "breed" them in my biocube but every time I clean my sponge filter there are a couple in there. If you have a refugium all you need is some chaeto, a pod culture and you're good to go.

Thanks.

gpdno · Jun 26, 2014

I use a 5 gal bucket and a cheep LED light. Replace the water with the discarded DT when I preform water changes.

chris124 · Jun 26, 2014

gpdno said:
I use a 5 gal bucket and a cheep LED light. Replace the water with the discarded DT when I preform water changes.

Yeah I thought I could do that I just wanted to make sure. I;m going to use a ten gallon tank that i;m not using. Thanks.

chris124 · Jun 27, 2014

Do I need to acclimate my copepods? If so what method? Thanks.

DSP · Jun 27, 2014

You need to feed phytoplankton if u want to get a nice culture going in a separate tank, You want the water to be green and when it clears up (by them consuming the phyto) then it's time to add more phyto.I have a youtube video explaining it better if your intrested.

chris124 · Jun 27, 2014

DSP said:
You need to feed phytoplankton if u want to get a nice culture going in a separate tank, You want the water to be green and when it clears up (by them consuming the phyto) then it's time to add more phyto.I have a youtube video explaining it better if your intrested.

Whats the title of your video?

DSP · Jun 27, 2014

chris124 said:
Whats the title of your video?

Google (Pod breeding setup DavidsAquariums)and you will see it, I had 2 other parts to the video but they were accidently deleted along with many others when youtube had a big glitch lol.

chris124 · Jun 27, 2014

DSP said:
Google (Pod breeding setup DavidsAquariums)and you will see it, I had 2 other parts to the video but they were accidently deleted along with many others when youtube had a big glitch lol.

Thanks. The video helped a lot. I have just one more question. Is temp acclimating needed for copepods? Thanks.