Macroalgae and copepods

[airvicconcre]

Hi everyone, I am new to the marine hobby and I’ve setup a 150g tank back home in India. I am in the USA traveling for a couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advise on Macro Algae and copepods. We don’t get these items in India hence I plan to buy live copepods and macroalgae if they can survive a 36 hour flight back home to India. I don’t want them to die before I reach. Any help is appreciated. :)

 

[airvicconcre]

As far a travel times any copepod will handle that time frame . As far as which species is the " hot commodity " that would be Tisbe Biminiensis . Mainly this is due to the BRS video that was released

Hi. Where can I find those species in Seattle? I would pick them up the day I fly back.

 

[Projects with Sam]

they should survive no problem!

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Hi. Where can I find those species in Seattle? I would pick them up the day I fly back.

Not sure I'm on the east coast. I would call around a couple local fish stores

 

[airvicconcre]

Not sure I'm on the east coast. I would call around a couple local fish stores

I called a few marine aquarium stores and they all carry Tigger pods from reef nutrition and or Algae barn. I’m planning to pick up tigger pods and phytoplankton from algae barn. Would that be alright, anything else I should pick up? Thanks for the help

 

[airvicconcre]

they should survive no problem!

Thanks :))

 

[tharbin]

Welcome to R2R!

 

[Sean Clark]

Welcome to the party.

 

[sknoah]

Hi everyone, I am new to the marine hobby and I’ve setup a 150g tank back home in India. I am in the USA traveling for a couple of weeks and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advise on Macro Algae and copepods. We don’t get these items in India hence I plan to buy live copepods and macroalgae if they can survive a 36 hour flight back home to India. I don’t want them to die before I reach. Any help is appreciated. :)

First of all you are welcome to R2R :) Nothing will happen to Live copepods and macroalgae in 36 Hours of Journey. You should use (isothermal) heavy duty 72 hrs insulation box to pack it. The biggest problem you will have is with the rules and regulation of America. You should definitely talk to the Foreign Consular Office / Transportation Security Administration once. I don't want to break your heart but you will have to do a lot of paperwork. Best of Luck.

 

[BluTang85]

Hello! and welcome to Reef2Reef

 

[airvicconcre]

First of all you are welcome to R2R :) Nothing will happen to Live copepods and macroalgae in 36 Hours of Journey. You should use (isothermal) heavy duty 72 hrs insulation box to pack it. The biggest problem you will have is with the rules and regulation of America. You should definitely talk to the Foreign Consular Office / Transportation Security Administration once. I don't want to break your heart but you will have to do a lot of paperwork. Best of Luck.

Thank you. Do you know if I can get copepods in India?

 

[airvicconcre]

hello all and thank you for your replies.
ive reached home with a bunch of live copepods. they're in my culture tank and now i hope they can culture and survive. appreciate all your help. (:

 

[airvicconcre]

they should survive no problem!

got them safe and sound. thanks