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Looking to Buy Copepods

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

  1. Dec 1, 2016 #1
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    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???
     
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    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    find someone with cheato and grab a handful and shake it out. Should be a good amount of pods in there.
     
  3. Dec 1, 2016 #3
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    Interesting idea. I know someone with lots of chaeto:)
     
  4. Dec 1, 2016 #4
    Dave Des Moines Area

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

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    Tomorrow would be great - but do whichever works best for you. Thank you! :)
     
  6. Dec 3, 2016 #6
    Sponge Marshalltown, IA

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    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.
     
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    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    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????
     
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    blackx-runner Cedar Rapids, IA

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    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.
     
  9. Dec 3, 2016 #9
    beckerj3 West Des Moines, IA

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    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.
     

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