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Looking to Buy Copepods

Discussion in 'Buy/Sell/Trade' started by beckerj3, Dec 1, 2016.

  1. beckerj3

    beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    Wanting to get some copepods to seed my cube tank for my new mandarin fish. Anywhere in the Des Moines area I can get live copepods???
     
    beckerj3, Dec 1, 2016
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  2. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

    find someone with cheato and grab a handful and shake it out. Should be a good amount of pods in there.
     
    blackx-runner, Dec 1, 2016
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  3. beckerj3

    beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    Interesting idea. I know someone with lots of chaeto:)
     
    beckerj3, Dec 1, 2016
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  4. Dave

    Dave Experienced Reefkeeper

    Want me to send some tomorrow? Or I can bring some when I pick up the PAR meter.
     
    Dave, Dec 1, 2016
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  5. beckerj3

    beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    Tomorrow would be great - but do whichever works best for you. Thank you! :)
     
    beckerj3, Dec 1, 2016
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  6. Sponge

    Sponge Expert Reefkeeper Vendor

    Algae Barn is a great place to order pods and phyto, etc from. very reasonable prices. they ship/package really good. out of Colorado I think. good source of understanding what copepod is good for what fish, reproduction, etc.
     
    Sponge, Dec 3, 2016
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  7. beckerj3

    beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    So, I'm not sure how I do this. I got a bag of chaeto from Dave. I shook it - but only see a few pods. Also some of the algae shakes off with it - that I don't want to put in the tank. ??? I'm not sure I'm doing this right ???? @blackx-runner@blackx-runner - advice????
     
    beckerj3, Dec 3, 2016
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  8. blackx-runner

    blackx-runner Administrator Website Team Leadership Team

    You're probably not going to be getting hundreds or thousands of pods out of it as you would when you buy them. I was thinking you just wanted some to get a population started.
    If you need lots and lots of pods in a hurry you'll probably have to find someone that has a culture running, or order them.
     
    blackx-runner, Dec 3, 2016
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  9. beckerj3

    beckerj3 Expert Reefkeeper Board of Directors Leadership Team GIRS Member

    That's what I figured. I won the Reef Nutrition package at Fall fest - which included a bottle of tiggerpods. I put them in the cube, but don't know if any are alive or not.

    I purchased a mandarin from LA about 3 1/2 weeks ago. Its been living in my QT. Not sure if its eating any of the frozen food and/or Reef nutrition products that I've been feeding it. I also have hatched some brine shrimp eggs. So I'd like to move it soon to the cube tank. Not sure if there is enough pods in there now, and/or what's best for the mandarin. He doesn't look like he's wasting away, but I'm not sure if I could really tell anyway if that was the case.
     
    beckerj3, Dec 3, 2016
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