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So, a similar question here. I see lots of folks talk about copepods and amphipods. That being said, I've only ever seen copepods for sale. Are there places that sell exclusively amphipods? It seems like having a mix of those would be the best for biodiversity.
Excellent idea... what do you have in that culture tank? Is it just bare bottom? And what do you use to capture the pods to transfer them to your DT?The best way to do this and be sure that you get an established population in your reef tank is to culture the pods in a separate tank with phytoplankton, then dose that culture repeatedly into your reef. The culture tank doesn't have to be fancy - an airstone and a 2.5 gallon tank will do it. For the starter, I'd recommend Algagen pods - you can buy these from Live Aquaria. For the phyto to feed them, I'd get Reef Nutrition's PhytoFeast. Note that the "regular" phytofeast is fine, it doesn't have to be the live version.
One of the reasons to do it this way is that continuously dosing sufficient phytoplankton into your nascent reef tank at sufficient densities to ensure the pods survival is both expensive and troublesome from the standpoint of nutrient buildup. Doing it in a separate small tank means that you're not too concerned about water quality, and provides you with a continuous high density pod culture to continue dosing your reef with until you get just enough nutrients in the tank for the pods to survive on their own.