Should pod cultures have a home or be homeless..

[BanZI29]

I am trying to culture Copepods ( in their own culture Vessel) and I am wondering, I see alot of people selling "pod hotels", I wonder if these "hotels" actually help with breeding and pod lifespan.
Has anyone tried this and if so, what was your experience?

 

[mfinn]

I am trying to culture Copepods ( in their own culture Vessel) and I am wondering, I see alot of people selling "pod hotels", I wonder if these "hotels" actually help with breeding and pod lifespan.
Has anyone tried this and if so, what was your experience?

Marketing gimmick IMO.
Any structure ( rock or whatever ) that gives the pods some protection from fish will work.
If you are culturing pods in a fishless system, then maybe just some macro?

 

[GlassMunky]

I am trying to culture Copepods ( in their own culture Vessel) and I am wondering, I see alot of people selling "pod hotels", I wonder if these "hotels" actually help with breeding and pod lifespan.
Has anyone tried this and if so, what was your experience?

those hotels are just supposed to be a safe space from fish inside the tank. IF youre culturing them in their own container, they dont need anything other than the phyto you feed them.

 

[jda]

IMO, they only need structure if they are in a place where they fan be fed upon.

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Those " pod hotels " are more geared towards amphipods not copepods. Copepods will always choose rock work and substrate over those things . In a culture vessel none of that's needed tho just feed and wait