General Info of Copepods ?

[Lesely]

I had a lot of copepods in my tank, would see them on the glass of the DT and sump in the evening all the time.
I haven't seen them for ages. Specially since I cleaned the sump completely .
Luckily both my dragonets eat anything that goes in the tank including flake foods & all frozen foods.
How can I get some copepods back ?
Do I buy them ? do they naturally occur ? I don't know much about how they get into the tank to start with and why I am not seeing them any more.
Thanks

 

[Aquarian]

If you have LR or chato in your sump it will provide a safe breeding ground for pods. You can buy then but they usually hitchhike in on live rock. I'm sure your mandarins are having a impact on their population.

 

[Lesely]

Is it true that low nutrient systems struggle to keep them because the feed in detritus ? Cause if it is then that's probably why ?

 

[Aquarian]

I have read that LNS have trouble keeping them but to be honest i don't know. There's people here more qualified than me to answer you. So where the hell is everyone??

 

[kbuser92]

Barbequeing, duh. Cuz it's national bbq weekend, or memorial day, whatever that means. Remember what? The ketchup! And napkins.

 

[ReeferRob]

Pods need algae and detritus to sift through for food.

As for BBQing, bacon wrapped pork roast FTW!!

 

[Karen]

That looks good ReeferRob. When are you going to invite us for dinner?

 

[ReeferRob]

That looks good ReeferRob. When are you going to invite us for dinner?

There's always room at my table. If you go away from my table hungry it's because you're a vegan or don't appreciate good southern cookin'.

 

[Lesely]

There's always room at my table. If you go away from my table hungry it's because you're a vegan or don't appreciate good southern cookin'.

You lot are hilarious.....how does copepod discussion turn into this.....like it a lot...lol

 

[Aquarian]

That's just how we roll lol

 

[Karen]

Love good southern cooking. Living in Seattle it is hard to get any good food at all. You should see what passes as bar-b-que around here. On the other hand, I hope you never see it.