New to harvesting copepods. I have 4 cultures running. Tisbe and Tigriopus. I have 2 one gallon containers and 2 five gallon buckets. I have not harvested from the buckets but add a cup of water out of my tank about every other day. The 1 gallon containers I have been pouring about a cup to half the container (depending on the number of pods I can see) directly into the tank and refugium when I see more than a few in a square inch. I also add a cup of water to the gallon containers every few days or week.
My question is, how many copepods should I have in a container before harvesting and how do I tell or know when I have enough to harvest?
My question is, how many copepods should I have in a container before harvesting and how do I tell or know when I have enough to harvest?