copepods

i baught some copepods from the lfs and i really havent seen any in my tank. i put them in the refugium, what happened? my tank has been running for 10 months so i dunno!

 

Do you have a Mandarin Dragonet (aka Mandarin Goby)?

 

nope but i was planning on getting one when my tank was established

 

check when the lights are off. I have a TON of them in my tank but you really cant see them until the lights go off and then shine a flashlight into the tank. Or shake some macro algae, they come flying out of it then like salt.

 

How long ago did you put them in there?

 

What brand/species did you get? Do you feed any phytoplankton?

 

look around the base of rocks, in small crevices, etc.

Unless you're running a fish only tank treated with copper they're there. They're microscopic, and the biggest copepods are just barely visible to the naked eye, so look for things like very tiny fleas jumping around...I see mine on the glass near the sand even during the day.

 

i added them 2 months ago

 

im not sure what species they were but i did feed them phytoplankton

 

Brand? Tigger-Pods? Ocean Pods? DT's? Sea pods? Reef Pods? Any those ring a bell?