My tank is almost 3 months old. I added some live rocks, corals, and live sand but I don’t see any amphipods in my filter socks like before my tank restart.
Either my tank is too new, too much filtration, too much predators, or too few surface area.
As I said, tank is almost 3 months since tank reset.
For filtration I have 5 micron filter socks running 24/7, oversized UV, and skimmer rated for my tank size.
I have a couple of wrasses and anthias.
I don’t have refugium (please don’t recommend me one). I only have sand and rocks. I’m able to fit much for rocks in the back of the tank for surface area.
Can someone please recommend the steps needed to have a big population of copepods? I want them to keep my wrasse, anthias, tangs, and mandarin goby (soon addition) well fed.
Is my filter socks removing them?
How do I know if I have them now but just don’t know? My only way of knowing is if I see amphipods in the filter sock. So far it’s only poop that I’m seeing. I used to have a lot in my 100 micron socks.
@AlgaeBarn I’d appreciate to get some insight from you too! I’m willing to do anything to get my copepods and biodiversity up. Whether it’s lowering sock usage/micron. Limiting UV. More rock work in Display.
Either my tank is too new, too much filtration, too much predators, or too few surface area.
As I said, tank is almost 3 months since tank reset.
For filtration I have 5 micron filter socks running 24/7, oversized UV, and skimmer rated for my tank size.
I have a couple of wrasses and anthias.
I don’t have refugium (please don’t recommend me one). I only have sand and rocks. I’m able to fit much for rocks in the back of the tank for surface area.
Can someone please recommend the steps needed to have a big population of copepods? I want them to keep my wrasse, anthias, tangs, and mandarin goby (soon addition) well fed.
Is my filter socks removing them?
How do I know if I have them now but just don’t know? My only way of knowing is if I see amphipods in the filter sock. So far it’s only poop that I’m seeing. I used to have a lot in my 100 micron socks.
@AlgaeBarn I’d appreciate to get some insight from you too! I’m willing to do anything to get my copepods and biodiversity up. Whether it’s lowering sock usage/micron. Limiting UV. More rock work in Display.