Anyone know how to breed Copepods ?

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  1. nige

    nige Plankton

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    Ive tried the kit's, followed the instructions, with 50 ml of adult copepods, and Pod food,.... put them into a jam jar, with a little air...put the culture on the windowsill...and it all died... all failed, What did I do wrong ???
    nige
     
    nige, Jun 26, 2010
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  3. nige

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    Cheers, thanks for that..

    |I'll just go and play my old Barry white CD's and see if that helps too !
     
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    i put literally 5 copepods in my pico (3 gal) and in 2 weeks they multiplied so much i probably have a few hundred they are everywhere
     
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