copepods

[fisqualfish]

I was just wondering if you can have too many pods. The number in my tank has reached plague like proportions. The sand bed glass and rocks are covered with them. Is this bad?

 

[JennM]

I've been trying to culture copepods to feed my baby seahorses. They aren't multiplying fast enough in the culture pot, but there are lots in the main tain

If you have too many....send 'em to me!

Jenn

 

[Merkur]

yeah, you want my address man? i can always use some increased diversity!

 

[Goldmoon]

Hi I was worried about the same thing... if there was such things as too many pods.. I asked dr Ron on the reef central and here is the answer:
http://www.reefcentral.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40942

 

[Mike&Pam]

How many fish do you have in your tank at the moment? I had the same prob once and the more i fish i added, the more they disappeared. I don't think it can be bad, just looks bad. Let us know.

 

[fisqualfish]

My tank is about 2 months old. It currently only has a few softies and a few snails. No fish yet.

 

[Emperator]

sicne you do not have higher order predators your pod population will get bigger and bigger and bigger. once you start dropping fish in, your pod poluation will come under control through predation.

 

[White-Queen]

So is that what I see crawling all over my glass?

I was noticing the other day that on the inside of my tank, on the glass, there are little moving specks of...I don't know, they look like paprika or cinnamon colored moving specks.

Copepods???

Angela <><