microfauna

Hello! About 2 weeks ago, I seeded my 45 gallon tank with micro brittle stars, bristleworms, mama mia worms, and amphipods, and they have all more or less vanished from my tank. I can't find them in the rocks or the sand (saver the occasional worm or amphipod that comes up). I have been...

Here is a video of what I am pretty sure is a pregnant copepod. Im unsure of its species, but based on its size it might be a Tigriopus. It looks to be about 1-2mm and I can easily see its body with my naked eye. Other than size, is there any other way to identify copepod species? Also, side...

Anyone know where I can get amphipods online? I have a pygmy waspfish and I wanna get a steady colony of them in my larger system before moving him there from my nano, but I wanna make sure they’re aquacultured and idk where I can find that. TSA has been out of stock for months now.

I’m cycling a new tank now and I’m looking to move my diamond goby to it ASAP as it’s mucking up my smaller tank. Problem is that the new sand doesn’t have the microfauna to feed it. I have a few lbs of live sand coming in going to mix in but does anyone sell macro/micro fauna? Besides copepods...

Last year's freeze in TX hit my 6 yo tank pretty hard and I didn't have a battery powered heater or pump to save it :( Unfortunately, most of the fish, the inverts, coral, and sponges did not survive. I take a lot of pride in the care of my critters so, losing so much of my tank so quickly hit...

community discussion on dsb in the hobby. any tank updates, experiences, thoughts, microfauna, and or knowledge is appreciated.