Copepods

[manuel josephh]

Hey guys, how do I grow a copepod population without a refugium? Really want to keep a mandarin dragonet but my nano tank isn’t big enough to house a refugium

 

[tnw50cal]

Get a Biota mandarin, it eats pellets and frozen day one you get it.

 

[LuizW13]

Put some rocks in your sump, and feed your fish enough that it also feeds the pods.

 

[Glenner’sreef]

You’d be surprised how fast pods reproduce. Do you have live rock in your tank? And are pods present now?

 

[WheatToast]

Dosing Phytoplankton, putting rubble in the sump, adding macroalgae, they are good to start with but…

Get a Biota mandarin, it eats pellets and frozen day one you get it.

I second this!

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Dosing Phytoplankton, putting rubble in the sump, adding macroalgae, they are good to start with but…

I second this!

BINGO!

 

[GHOSTLY]

My biota eats everything but its super hard to see him eat pellets