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I've ordered some Tisbe and Acartia tonsa copepods and they are on their way.
I could only find one place selling them locally and they were quite expensive so I only ordered a little to try them out.
While I plan to seed them in my tank, I thought maybe I could spare some and try culturing them in a separate container. The problem is, I don't have access to any live phyto here and if I were to order them from abroad (if it could be done), it would take quite a while and be quite expensive too.
What I do have access to, are
- live algae from my algae scrubber.
- Ulva. and a number of other fresh marine macroalgae sold locally for human consumption (might or might not be dead, I got some Ulva from a local supermarket and manage to grow it so at least some of it was still alive).
- spirulina powder.
- chlorella powder (don't have it with me but can buy them here, not cheap though).
- Formula 1 (meaty) & 2 (green) flakes
I was wondering if various macroalgae from my algae scrubber can be used as a food source for the pods, as is, or I could grind them up in a blender.
Could any of the options above be used to feed and sustain Tisbe and/or Acartia tonsa pods?
From what I've read, the Tisbe pods seem to be able to live off pretty much anything so my guess is it would be doable (correct me if I'm wrong) but I couldn't find any info about A.tonsa regarding the matter.
Since I'm posting, I've got another question about Tisbe pods.
I have a pseudo kressiel tank for shrimp larvae. I know the tisbe pods are benthic and all but does anyone know if the free floating larvae will be able to feed on at least some of them or their offsprings?
Cheers!
I could only find one place selling them locally and they were quite expensive so I only ordered a little to try them out.
While I plan to seed them in my tank, I thought maybe I could spare some and try culturing them in a separate container. The problem is, I don't have access to any live phyto here and if I were to order them from abroad (if it could be done), it would take quite a while and be quite expensive too.
What I do have access to, are
- live algae from my algae scrubber.
- Ulva. and a number of other fresh marine macroalgae sold locally for human consumption (might or might not be dead, I got some Ulva from a local supermarket and manage to grow it so at least some of it was still alive).
- spirulina powder.
- chlorella powder (don't have it with me but can buy them here, not cheap though).
- Formula 1 (meaty) & 2 (green) flakes
I was wondering if various macroalgae from my algae scrubber can be used as a food source for the pods, as is, or I could grind them up in a blender.
Could any of the options above be used to feed and sustain Tisbe and/or Acartia tonsa pods?
From what I've read, the Tisbe pods seem to be able to live off pretty much anything so my guess is it would be doable (correct me if I'm wrong) but I couldn't find any info about A.tonsa regarding the matter.
Since I'm posting, I've got another question about Tisbe pods.
I have a pseudo kressiel tank for shrimp larvae. I know the tisbe pods are benthic and all but does anyone know if the free floating larvae will be able to feed on at least some of them or their offsprings?
Cheers!