I remember my first few months of having a saltwater tank I happened to see one on my glass and freaked thinking it was one of those bad hitch hikers I've heard about. I managed to catch it in a small plastic cup and brought it into my lfs. I still remember the guy at the counter was like, bruh.
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
HAHAHAHA that is awesome 😂
@MermaidMakes
5 ай бұрын
This just happened to me, but I knew that one of the pet shop plant tanks had them, so I realized it must have been introduced through that. At first I thought they might be a planarian and panicked
@IndoorEcosystem
10 ай бұрын
Been binge watching lot's of your content over the last few weeks while my tank cycles! Very, very helpful stuff! Thank you!
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Can’t thank you enough for watching! Reach out if you ever have any questions
@IndoorEcosystem
10 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonard Shall do! For now I've got more to binge!
@baekhsong
10 ай бұрын
im so happy youre still posting! I LOVE COPEPODS
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
I appreciate you always coming out to watch😁
@surfbra27
10 ай бұрын
I been in the hobby for like idk 10-15 years and I just learned about copepods a few months back interesting little critters. I've always done a fowlr setup with aggressive fish I'm sure I would have learned about them doing a reef aquarium anyway I'm going to start looking I have never noticed any. Thanks good informational video
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Love a good fowlr tank. What kind of aggressive fish did you have? Thanks for watching too! Means a lot
@SaltWaterSteve1
10 ай бұрын
Awesome vid mate 🤙🏽
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for coming out Steve!🔥
@auryreyes6593
10 ай бұрын
Great episode! I already have one mandarin and can't imagine her depleting my copepod population as they're everywhere. Was thinking about getting the psychedelic mandarin in addition. Wonder if the copepod population would be depleted if I choose to have two mandarins in a 50 gallon? I mean there's a lot!
@paulkyriakides144
10 ай бұрын
I breed copepods in buckets with tank water from water changes, no lights, no air pump, no heater, I drop a little piece of Hikari algae wafer in the buckets every 3 days. Been doing this for 2 years and never killed the population even with temperature going as low as 5 degrees celsius and salinity going as high as 1.030
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
If you got a lot, add two!
@ahmedelzanfally9451
10 ай бұрын
Miss your vids bro. Keep it up.
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Holiday season gets a little crazy haha. Thanks for always coming by!💪🏼
@ahmedelzanfally9451
10 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonard enjoy the holidays bro! Cheers
@tonycloseukreef3799
10 ай бұрын
Cheers Brock 👍
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Tonyyyy!!! Appreciate you always coming out. Hope you have a good weekend💪🏼
@roxy806
4 ай бұрын
Hi 😀. I got a jar with water from a river close to me and within a month I found lots of copepods. Can I add them to my freshwater aquarium and if they are safe for shrimp's eggs , new hatched shrimps and guppy fry ? Thank you in advance 🤗
@blooky102
7 ай бұрын
I found the freshwater copepods in my shrimp tank recently after I added sand with triops eggs, that means that maybe copepod eggs were in the sand too, or in the water that my shrimp came in as I added that water from their bag into my aquarium to acclimate them faster.
@Mdub3997
10 ай бұрын
Great video man. I've always wondered two things when it comes to copepods. 1: Can i put in too many? (I usually put two bottles of Tigger pods into my 180 with 20 gallon refugium bi-weekly) I was told by other hobbyist, that dead copepods can drive up nitrate levels and 2: Will i lose a good portion of copepods by placing them in a refugium with a protein skimmer? ( It seems to me that would be the case after acclimation.) What do you think about these two questions? Happy Holidays.....
@McReef2950
10 ай бұрын
The pods once established should be reproducing enough to maintain themselves. Put something in there for them to hide and reproduce in. I haven’t put any pods in my tank in years but there are hundreds of pods in my filter floss everytime I change it. I let them move into the new floss I use before throwing it away. If they aren’t reproducing there probably isn’t enough in the tank to keep them safe.
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Having too many won’t cause issues with your fish and corals but it can cause a depletion of available food. So I’d definitely recommend some phyto feast just to make sure they were eating enough to continue reproducing. If you can put enough coverage like macro algae or filter pads in the refugium they should still be able to reproduce
@Evergreenroblox1
10 ай бұрын
Can you make more video about more corals
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
You got it, my friend! 💪🏼
@borisgarcia817
9 ай бұрын
In my experience I cultivate without knowing and they multiply as 🚀 I used shrimp and I left it in my tank to cycle few weeks later the shrimp discomposed and a little animal start colonized the complete tank , my first fish was a clown fish which have a lots of food to survive now I have a lots variety of fish but I don’t see many of copépodos.. some know what food I can give them?
@sseeaahhaawwkkssrule975
10 ай бұрын
Thanks Brock
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for coming out!!😁
@TheSilentWalkerz
3 ай бұрын
When you said that copepods convert sun’s energy into food, do any of them open a restaurant under the sea named the Chum bucket?
@BrockLeonard
2 ай бұрын
HAHAHAHA love it
@alejandroguerra6755
2 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonardare there copepods for fresh water aquarium?
@Cesaralexgarcia
10 ай бұрын
I noticed you have the two types of mandarines,are they aggressive towards each other ?
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Nope, never had any aggression issues. Main thing to remember is keeping enough pods in the tank for both of them.
@austinw6100
10 ай бұрын
I have some hair algae growing. Not terrible yet..is there anything else other then I myself and astrea snails that get rid of it? The snails have done excellent in the past tho
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Other hitchhikers can help too. Ever tried hermits or an urchin?
@kaptainkpop6750
10 ай бұрын
Hey Brock Do you have any knowledge on the Oxycheilinus bimaculatus
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
Gah I haven’t seen that specific two spot wrasse in a long time. They behave similar to a Christmas wrasse tho
@kaptainkpop6750
10 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonard I just bought one today cuz I traded my aggressive aptasia eatin file fish for store credit. Since it had the skin design like a file fish I decided to give it a shot but there’s not a lot of care videos on the internet about it.
@SsrianForever
5 ай бұрын
Bro is it possible to culture coral reef? Reef is a source of calcium carbonate
@jerry3sanchez
10 ай бұрын
👍🏼👍🏼👊🏼👊🏼
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
That’s for being here Jerry!😄
@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979
10 ай бұрын
@@BrockLeonard Copepod
@sudiptamukherjee7435
10 ай бұрын
My gsp is not open. What do i do.
@BrockLeonard
10 ай бұрын
First step for me is always checking salinity, and water parameters. Nitrate and ammonia can be a real kicker. After that, I’d check what’s around the gsp, is there another coral stinging? After that, how long are you running your lights?
@sudiptamukherjee7435
10 ай бұрын
6hours
@acavoxnegledajtelevizor401
10 ай бұрын
2mm is more than enough to crearly identify them without a microscope. Feed your fish with live food and your aquarium will be a way more cleaner 😎.
@ThePthinker
9 ай бұрын
What size microscope would you recommend to see them more clearly for identification?
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