copepods

So I recently just got a scooter blenny and I have been teaching him to eat frozen food.
that works fine but I want him to be able to eat when he wants because he is always on the prowl. I have read several places they eat pods so I guess my question is
how would I go about setting up a pod colony in my tank?

just so you know I have a 14g biocube

thanks in advance

 

a refugium or chaetomorpha for pods to hide and live in.. other then that there isn't much you can do in a 14 gallon tank.

 

You would need to set up a refugium since the pods wont be able to build or maintain a decent enough colony in your tank with the blenny constantly feeding off of them.

 

would starting it up in a different container then scooping some in every week or so work better?

 

you could do it... i think mission has a pod breeding tank.

 

Yes. I breed my own pods in a system made out of a 5 gallon bucket. I set up the whole system for about $25, minus the cost of the pods.
Check my tank thread. Right around post #135 is where I start on it. I go over where I got the pods, how I set up the bucket, etc. Its actually really easy.

 

thanks I will take a look

 

that pod discussion needs to be copied out and stickied somewhere. There's so many uses for pods!

 

Marine snow and Phytofeast really helped me boost copepod population