How To: DIY Amphipod Breeding Tank?

[Tristan]

What is something that is cheap, commonly available, and has a lot of surface area that can be used as an amphipod breeding ground?

Ex. Coarse sponge, rubble rock, corrugated plastic, pot scrubbies.

 

[Spit.fire]

corrugated plastic seems to be the most commonly used product

 

[primo21]

bath sponges. your wife probably has a hundred of them.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Body-Image-Body-Benefits-Gentle-Bath-Sponge/12444483

 

[Gundo]

Ya, use a Loofah sponge..

 

[skyesfire]

Cool

 

[Tristan]

bath sponges. your wife probably has a hundred of them.

http://www.walmart.com/ip/Body-Image-Body-Benefits-Gentle-Bath-Sponge/12444483

I'm 12

 

[Alucard]

Ive also seen people use those crates strawberries come in

 

[Martin H. Lawton]

You're 12 years old and not married ??? I see a problem here! Lets find him a girl!

 

[Napa Reefer]

bump

 

[Tristan]

You're 12 years old and not married ??? I see a problem here! Lets find him a girl!

Hahaha

 

[Squishie89]

Out of curiosity, why do you want to culture amphipods? I find these usually breed and thrive pretty well in tanks, it is copepods people usually culture.

 

[Tristan]

Squishie, To feed to both my FW and SW fish. I'm actually going to use river Rock as the breeding ground. And a sponge filter.

 

[Tristan]

Out of curiosity, why do you want to culture amphipods? I find these usually breed and thrive pretty well in tanks, it is copepods people usually culture.

squishie, To feed to both my FW and SW fish. I'm actually going to use river Rock as the breeding ground. And a sponge filter.
I was also thinking of using some really coarse filter sponge

 

[Squishie89]

squishie, To feed to both my FW and SW fish. I'm actually going to use river Rock as the breeding ground. And a sponge filter.
I was also thinking of using some really coarse filter sponge

Yeah they would like filter sponges, large media (like ceramic rings) and as mentioned earlier, a loofah haha.

 

[Tristan]

Yeah they would like filter sponges, large media (like ceramic rings) and as mentioned earlier, a loofah haha.

This is my setup. It's in my bedroom so the stand it's on is my nightstand.
I ordered 1250+ pods from aquariumdepot. com

Reef2reef is now aquarium depot. They had a problem with their ecomerce thing or whatever.

 

[Squishie89]

This is my setup. It's in my bedroom so the stand it's on is my nightstand.
I ordered 1250+ pods from aquariumdepot. com

Reef2reef is now aquarium depot. They had a problem with their ecomerce thing or whatever.

Yeah reefs2go/aquariumdepot was really hit or miss. I hope it does well for you. I personally really like the pods from AlgaGen, which you can get through liveaquaria.com

 

[Tristan]

Yeah reefs2go/aquariumdepot was really hit or miss. I hope it does well for you. I personally really like the pods from AlgaGen, which you can get through liveaquaria.com

I've ordered pods from reefs2go before and there was a lot more than I ordered. And plus the algagen only has 500 or so pods in it and you can barely see them. The one from reefs2go they are really fat and I can actually see the copepods.

 

[Squishie89]

I've ordered pods from reefs2go before and there was a lot more than I ordered. And plus the algagen only has 500 or so pods in it and you can barely see them. The one from reefs2go they are really fat and I can actually see the copepods.

Again, hit or miss. I found a possibly parasitic isopod and an unknown crab in algae I got from them. I also believe they gave me flatworms. But if you have success, that is all that matters =) Best of luck in culturing pods.

 

[Tristan]

Again, hit or miss. I found a possibly parasitic isopod and an unknown crab in algae I got from them. I also believe they gave me flatworms. But if you have success, that is all that matters =) Best of luck in culturing pods.

Just wondering what should I feed the pods besides phytoplankton?

 

[Squishie89]

Just wondering what should I feed the pods besides phytoplankton?

The amphipods will need bigger food, my best suggestion is pellets.