How often to put copepods into tank for mandarin goby?

[timmyrules]

Never. I have a biota mandarin for three years who only get frozen or pellets

Same….I’ve had mine for a long time and she only eats frozen and the occasional pellets…

 

[SaltyB24]

So i am growing out apoc pods in a culture 5 gallon tank. But they reproduce kinda slowish. I can only harvest like once every 10 days and i take out about half of them and put them in my tank. I then buy tigger pods from the LFS every once in a while too. Mandarin is still alive and well 6 months later so i know its working. But is it necessary for me to buy these tigger pods or can i just put in my own apoc i am culturing only, skip tiggers, and use the 50% harvest every 10 days? is that enough?
Or maybe instead of 50% harvest every 10 days, do like 10% harvest every 6 days.

What does everyone else do?

Not sure if anyone has mentioned this or not but I have cultures for tig, tisbe and apocyclops. I have noticed the tisbe reproduce at a faster rate than the apocyclops! It's kinda wild truthfully!

I also read an article somewhere about a guy in the UK (I think) that cultures his pods outside in a bucket- no airstone or anything- with a banana peel as food. I have two cultures of each species running and 1 of each has no air stone to experiment with the idea. I have not noticed any differences in the cultures on airstone vs. not after 2 weeks and all seem to be thriving. Maybe next time you go to the store grab a bottle of another kind and try starting a new culture or pull from your existing to start a second? Just a thought! Good luck!!