How to grow & culture copepods in reef tank! The secret benefits copepods have to devouring diatoms!

These are the steps I take to keep my copepods growing and breeding in my reef tank without having to add anymore. Add one bottle and never have to add anymore with these steps. Thank you for watching! A like would me the world to me! If not no worries! If there is anything else you’d like me to cover please leave it down in the comments!!

[RespectTheReef]

When dosing phytoplankton do it as close to when the lights turn on. They are photosynthesis and need light to reproduce!

[JakeStiff-hquc]

What a lovely colourful tank! Epic job well done 👏

[kimthompson]

I love how colorful your tank is. Beautiful.

[BryznsReef]

I really like the layout of your tank!

[deluxedo]

Nice looking tank. Goals.
I was watching because I just built a refugium in the first chamber of my aio. I was just curious about other people’s success with it in the back. Looks like it is working for you!

[paulnolan]

Thank you. I have started copepods too ❤

[ricodias]

Those are isopods and a beautiful little reef.

[saltaquatic]

Nice video. Do you have a light over the caddy to grow the chaeto in it?

[chrispearl]

How does your chaeto do in the sump without light? When do you replace it? Does it seem to grow? I have an IM 30 Lagoon which has a spot for another caddy if I move my heater. I’m wondering if I can do the same and does that help you with your Phos levels?

Thanks!

[turs]

Man, I bought some live rock. It had copepods in it. I have thousands of them in my fish tank now and those nuisance starfish

[karennation]

Nice tank! i have the same nuvo and have the chambers but I use both for filters. Can I get away with using just one to filter? Do you have 3 or just two cadys? Also what if you dont have a fuge? I dont have one in my other two tanks and cant fit one in sump. Can they reproduce without the fuge? Do you not feed fish beside copepods? How do you know if they are getting enough? I have recently been purchasing fish that just let them selves starve to death and wont come up for food and hide! Unless they have been hiding so well for over a month and I cant find them but seems if they are dead my ammonia would go up! I am baffled! Would you please share the name of your light? I read that u said it ups ph too so I am definitely doing this! Thanks so much for this very helpful video!

[mattlabonville]

Wow man that's beautiful! Thanks for sharing. Do you mind me asking how often you feed? Have you noticed needing to feed less with all the pods?

[stevenmoreno]

How do the pods from the refug get to the main tank? Does the return pump not kill them

[karennation]

Sorry one more question! Can I remove some of the pods to share with other tank? I have a nuvo and after watching this I am definitely making a fuge but dont have room in my sump of other tanks unless I add a HOB. I want to share some just for a short while to get thought ugly stage in my new frag tank!

[richishere]

How long have you had the clowns . They seem to be unhappy with eachother.

[jaybel]

Do you need a Refug to build a colony in a tank?

[kaldenkyulo]

Love how your gramma is out and about mine is always hiding smh also your Chaeto doesn’t die without light and flow? Wanted to put a refuge like that in my IM 30L to grow pods for mandarin I want to get soon but guy at store said refuge that small not worth it and just buy a pod hotel, also what type of phyto do you dose and how long does it last in fridge? Thanks