Tiger-pods

[Surfzone]

Has anyone tried using tigerpods in the place of bbs?

 

[jsker]

Let's see:)

 

[Blue Lip]

Bbs are smaller.

 

[Almondkc]

With my Banggai Cardinals I started off with BBS which were quickly consumed, the fry have also accepted the tiger pods. I currently feed both. Might work for the BC's since they 'come out' a little larger than most fry since the parents are mouth brooders and hold the fry longer for expelling them; I am new to fish breeding so someone with more experience may have an alternate view.

 

[pdisner]

Baby brine shrimp is pretty big. It’s comparable in size to some copepods, depending on species. Brine isn’t necessarily the best food, esp for larvae baby fish. Plus all the hassle of decapsulating. It’s a mess to deal with. I much rather like to culture my own pods and rotifers. The latest feeds out in the market make is a snap to do. Concentrated phyto plus nutrients that will keep in frig for months, and can be used for your greenwater and all your zooplankton feeding.
Copepod nauplii should be harvested using specifically sized sieves that can be made out of aquaculture mesh and pvc rather inexpensively and r mesh can also be used for other projects such as a passive copepod nauplii harvestor using air and pvc.

 

[pdisner]

Has anyone tried using tigerpods in the place of bbs?

Oh and that species is called Tigriopus Californicus. The actual word “Tigger Pod” is a trademark of Reed Mariculture. Just what they call their brand. I’ve been working with this species for a couple years now and I think it’s my favorite one. Each species has its pros and cons, unique needs and differences. I have an excellent book that has helped me immensely with the culturing of multiple types of zooplankton for the purposes of breeding. I pretty much breed anything that I can get my hands on. I love learning about biology. Anyhow, if anyone need help with all that, let me know. I love to share information and what’s worked for me. I have a thread here in the fish breeding forum that will cover a lot of this stuff and I currently have one on the progress of one of my projects, “Breeding the Striped Blenny”. I’m willing to help anyone that needs to get a zooplankton or even a phytoplankton culture get started and be succesful. Here’s a video of my Tigriopus Californicus Culture. Im afraid there’s so many that they’ll start to crawl out! Haha. Thanks for letting me share!

 

[pdisner]

Bbs are smaller.

This is not accurate. There’s a few thousand species of Copepods, mostly saltwater but there are almost half freshwater. There’s no way to really compare because of the variety.

 

[Blue Lip]

This is not accurate. There’s a few thousand species of Copepods, mostly saltwater but there are almost half freshwater. There’s no way to really compare because of the variety.

Talking about tiger copepods.

 

[Subsea]

Many copepod species are detrivores during larvae development, then become a herbivore as free swimming adult, making them perfect in a refugium to feed a reef tank.