Reefworks Copepods?

[bollands]

i'm allowed to buy my lifetimes supply of mandarin food from reefworks but i want my £30 well spent have you used them before and are the phyto and copepods very alive when they arrive here is the link http/www.reefworks.co.uk/default.asp?sec...mp;subpage=4292 ive already got the airpump and glass tank

 

[VictorMeldrew]

I would love to see some pics of how all this works, please could you post some when its all working

 

[TigerIssey]

You can get them from Reefphyto with a named amount of pods in there. You can also get them from JBS Marines who are a lot cheaper.

VM there is some pictures of my set up in Mandarin Love Thread.

 

[ben1987]

i bought mne from reef works, i got my phyto from elsewhere though. The pods were really consentrated and top notch imo

 

[bollands]

ok i will start a journal of my mini copepods lol after holiday do i need to top them up with phyto often? so do i need to buy more bottles in future how long it last?

 

[TigerIssey]

I don't use phyto, I use Copepod food from Reefphyto. It is more concentrated than phyto so you use less. This means that the water is clearer than it would be with phyto.

The pod food I use lasts 6 weeks in the fridge.

Whether you use phyto or pod food you will need to keep on buying it. Phyto users add an egg cup full a couple of times a week, I add a few drops of pod food every few days.

 

[bollands]

oh ok and do u have the sieve to get them out?

 

[TigerIssey]

Yes I have the sieve, however, you do not want to use the sieve you use for pods in the display tank at all. Keep the water seperate and keep your pod culture stuff clean. If you cross contaminate you end up crashing the pod culture.