Copepods and the Canister Filter

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I recently bought some chaeto from my LFS 3-4 weeks ago, placed it in my small mini HOB refugium to get settled in.

Fast forward weeks later, I found myself with a bloom of copepods on my aquarium glass. The reason being i found my clown pecking at the glass, a behavior i noticed if i skipped a feeding or he found some copepods crawling in his corner.

The fun thing was, The copepods that hitchhiked on the Chaeto are also taking refuge in my canister filter. I removed some air bubbles in my canister and some larger copepods flooded out the outlet hose. So there is a very good chance copepods can populate in your canister filter in the right conditions.
 

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Yep copepods are in my canister filter as well.
 

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In the right conditions, copepods will thrive anywhere. Since they are so small, they can adapt to small spaces. Glad to hear you have copious amounts!

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They will grow just about anywhere. I find them everywhere, the one exception, the GFO canister.
 

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