Ztkirkpatric
Aquarium Advice Regular
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I have ordered several different species of copepods... I have a 150g tank and plan on getting a mandarin in the next couple of months... I don't know how much live rock (in weight) that I currently have, however I do have quite a bit. The copepods are supposed to arrive today in the mail, I have a bottle of marine zooplankton I got a clearance a while back and I checked it today, I believe everything in it is dead. Will the copepods still eat it?
I am planning on planting some grass in the tank to allow more places for the copepods to hide once I introduce them into the tank... I will start them out in a refugium first... However I am curious if I supply enough places for the copepods to hide/breed if they will do so in the tank and eventually sustain a healthy population... The grass I am using is called "Mexican" something, apparently its extremely invasive... However a neighbor of mine has had it in their tank for almost two years now, with frequent trimming it stays under control and I think it looks great... Will that along with the live rock be adequate to sustain a population of copepods that will allow a mandarin to survive?
I am planning on planting some grass in the tank to allow more places for the copepods to hide once I introduce them into the tank... I will start them out in a refugium first... However I am curious if I supply enough places for the copepods to hide/breed if they will do so in the tank and eventually sustain a healthy population... The grass I am using is called "Mexican" something, apparently its extremely invasive... However a neighbor of mine has had it in their tank for almost two years now, with frequent trimming it stays under control and I think it looks great... Will that along with the live rock be adequate to sustain a population of copepods that will allow a mandarin to survive?