Copepods

[kaileykari]

I received Copepods in the mail today, to feed my dragonette. They are in a plastic bag. How can I store them to keep them alive? I have two bags of 500 pods.

 

[mr_X]

500 pods is barely going to feed the mandarin for a couple days. if you have a refugium i would dump one bag down there and one in the DT. otherwise you can put the remaining in the fridge.

 

[kaileykari]

Wow! That's a lot to eat. I have been feeding him frozen brine shrimp a couple times a day. He is a good eater. My LFS should be getting some pods in next week. It's really hard to find them, unless through the mail. Then it is expensive. I don't have a refugium. Its a 20 gallon tank.

 

[mr_X]

well, if he's eating frozen brine, try to get him to eat frozen mysis. then you don't need the live pods at all.

 

[kaileykari]

I will, thanks!

 

[MikeyD]

I feed my mandarin. Emerald entree frozen he likes as well as arcti-pods and live brine. He is doing great and his colors look amazing. I had trouble finding pods too. I love my mandarin so much I just bought a teeny spotted mandarin today.

 

[mr_X]

those fish can eat a bottle of pods in a day.

 

[MikeyD]

And arcti-pods says add one teaspoon per day for every 100 gallons. So it'll save you lots in the long run if u have a smaller tank like me. I have a 40 gallon so I feed them every other day

 

[mr_X]

don't believe that a teaspoon from one of those bottles will support a mandarin.

 

[carey]

This thread is going on in two places. I just answered on the other thread. LOL

How big is this tank that you put 2 mandarins in?

 

[MikeyD]

The pods are 3000 microns. They seem fine and healthy. Try them yourself. They're made by reef nutrition.

 

[MikeyD]

And they're in a 40 gallon

 

[mr_X]

fine and healthy and the size of the pods isn't what i'm talking about. i'm telling you that an average mandarin can eat a spoon full of pods in an hour.

 

[MikeyD]

Well yea I knew that. Well mine don't seem to have a problem with it. But mine also eat emerald entree and live brine shrimp as well

 

[kaileykari]

For the 1000 pods and shipping it cost me $53.00. Wouldn't want to pay that every few days. But it's funny, my dragonett wants nothing to do with them. I put in 500 of them, and my clown and six line went crazy for them. My little dragonet seemed afraid of them, and I had to feed him more brine shrimp. I just want the cute little guy to have enough to eat!

 

[MikeyD]

Go to reefs2go.com next time for your pods. They get 1000 for 37.99 but right now it's buy one get one so u get 2k for 37.99. That might help get u started