Copepods for refugium

[Spechty37]

Hello as you know I'm new to saltwater. I built a sump refugium and was wondering how do I start a colony of pods in my fuge do I put some in it and let them breed or what I know this is probably a really dumb question could someone please help me out thank you

 

[ezy33]

If you have real live rock you should have some pods as hitchhikers. A refugium with Chaeto or other micro algae will give them a place to reproduce and you can also buy them from a LFS or on line. I had a Dragonet tank for several years it was a 30 gallon DT with a 20 gallon sump and a 5 gallon slow flow refugium full of Chaeto under a compact fluorescent light. good luck. IMO the dumbest question is the one that is never asked!

 

[Cichlid-dude]

If you used live rock you should already have pods. You can buy more to kickstart your pod population or you can just wait and let them reproduce.

 

[Spechty37]

Ok thanks alot

 

[Spechty37]

Yes I have about 80 pounds of live rock in a 75