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twychopen
Thu, 10th Dec 2009, 03:54 PM
I was reading on some posts from '06 about copepods and how someone had ordered some in a bottle but for some reason a member said that they wouldn't work.

I have a shipment coming in today with copepods... http://reefcleaners.org/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=140&category_id=4&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=34

Anything I should know before putting them in the tank?

Big_Pun
Thu, 10th Dec 2009, 04:08 PM
float like fish then add them but if you have fish that will eat them wait till night or turn off lights

joelb
Thu, 10th Dec 2009, 04:16 PM
chris is right, and turn off circulation pumps so they can find their way into the rocks, otherwise they get tossed around and never settle. let them settle without circulation for about 10 minutes with no light. if you don't have a lot of rock work in your display, put them in the sump with the good algae.

Europhyllia
Thu, 10th Dec 2009, 04:27 PM
I think you should be fine with the Tisbe pods. :)
You can dose some phyto from time to time to boost your population