help please ????????copepods

[nelson]

where can i get copepods ??

[ChilisREasy]

if i could catch them i could sell them by the dozens LOL

[nelson]

lol ok would they grow alone in the tank or u need something spesific for that

[ChilisREasy]

they eat stuff in the sand & wasted food i think, mine usually die when i clean the sand bed & change filter pads. but the populate fast, at least in my experiance

[nelson]

but i dont got any so how do they grow alone or u need to get them thankz a mil??

[ChilisREasy]

well..mine came in on LR, but some LFS sell them sometimes. i never really seen them sell much at all. ask some fellow reefers if there tanks have any.then they could try to catch some for ya

[nelson]

ok thanks a mil

[tdwyatt]

just buy a bunch of macroalgae (caulerpa or similar from www.ipsf.com ) there will be TONS of them in it. You can either rinse the algae out in the tnk or keep it in yoursump/refugium. They will blow into the tank as feed for the fishes and corals, just make sure to harvest the macro on a regular basis, and remember that thery can act at times as imports for nitrogen and phosphorus (but in a healthy way for many systems), but they're still an import for nutrients.

[nelson]

thanks u been helpful

[petlvr]

SeahorseSource.com sells copepods. DanU is an awesome guy to deal with. You'll be happy with him and anything that you might buy from him.