copepods

travis127 · 04-10-2008, 01:46 PM

so this morning my 42 gal hex had all these tiny tiny tiny white/clearish spec's on the glass, some were bigger then others... well i got close and realize they were moving .. They have a bigger upper half and there bottum half come to a point.. since there impossible to see in pics I looked it up myself and they seem to be copepods and then there also is 2 little circle spots on the glass that look like a buncha little eggs....

this isn't a bad thing right? I have only had my tank going since saturday so yes I am a newbie

lcstorc · 04-10-2008, 02:15 PM

Pods are good. They are fish food for most anything. I am suprised you are seeing them this early but great that you are.

travis127 · 04-10-2008, 02:29 PM

thats good then! I see new stuff in my tank everyday no fish yet and its already awesome to look at! will they keep reproducing in there? Id like them to so the smaller fish can enjoy them

lcstorc · 04-10-2008, 02:42 PM

They will reproduce until the fish eat them all up.

That is one of the reasons a fuge it a great thing to have. It gives you a place where copepods and other beneficial critters can reproduce without anything preying on them. Even with the fish eating them you are likely to keep some and they will reproduce just much more if you have a fuge.

tippMANn98 · 04-10-2008, 03:18 PM

those circle spots that look like eggs: if you have snails, especially cerith, they lay eggs A LOT, i get those clusters at least twice a week from my cerith snails....if no snails...then they must be tiny little hard tube feather dusters.

travis127 · 04-10-2008, 09:41 PM

yea there are snails in there ...well in future id like to have a mandarin i know you need those to eat so I was gonna use an off tank fuge since i cant put one on my tank! get like a ten gallon to breed them in and put like 20% of that tanks water in my display tank every 2 weeks

SJS · 04-10-2008, 11:06 PM

Lucky you - pods so early!! I also have white spots - snail eggs, my chromis love to eat them.

petarst · 04-12-2008, 09:35 AM

Please, help , today I got many of this little white bugs all over my aquarium ,
what to do ? Are they copepods or .....

travis127 · 04-13-2008, 01:29 AM

close to the white one on my walls i think there pods but i know nothing haha but why on glass and not in the rock

lcstorc · 04-13-2008, 10:40 AM

They look like pods to me. You can find pods anywhere. They are often on the sand and rocks but certainly can be on the glass. When I don't clean my glass frequently enough there are "kiss" marks in the algae to show where my fish have nabbed the pods on the glass. I see them everywhere in my fuge.

jr999 · 04-13-2008, 11:27 AM

Hello Travis

Although I don't have a fuge, I've had a mandarin for 2.5 years. Saw one in the lfs while I was deciding to go salt. Did the research to learn what was needed for their care. I have 130lbs of live rock in my 90gal and the rock and sand is crawling with the critters. I keep a small flashlight with weak batteries just to see whats going on in the dark. Amazing whats moving around in there after lights out. Added the mandarin 1.5 years after seeing the one in the lfs.

travis127 · 04-13-2008, 11:30 PM

how did you get pods in there so well for him with no fuge?

Royalscott · 04-13-2008, 11:57 PM

WOW! That is one gorgeous Mandarin. I have never seen one of that color.

naperenterprise · 04-14-2008, 12:03 AM

I agree, very pretty color pattern!

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Originally Posted by Royalscott

WOW! That is one gorgeous Mandarin. I have never seen one of that color.

travis127 · 04-14-2008, 12:50 AM

yea instead of being green with oranage stripes its orange with grean stripes very cooool

04-10-2008, 01:46 PM	#1 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	copepods so this morning my 42 gal hex had all these tiny tiny tiny white/clearish spec's on the glass, some were bigger then others... well i got close and realize they were moving .. They have a bigger upper half and there bottum half come to a point.. since there impossible to see in pics I looked it up myself and they seem to be copepods and then there also is 2 little circle spots on the glass that look like a buncha little eggs.... this isn't a bad thing right? I have only had my tank going since saturday so yes I am a newbie

04-10-2008, 02:15 PM	#2 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 21,928 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: copepods Pods are good. They are fish food for most anything. I am suprised you are seeing them this early but great that you are. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

04-10-2008, 02:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods thats good then! I see new stuff in my tank everyday no fish yet and its already awesome to look at! will they keep reproducing in there? Id like them to so the smaller fish can enjoy them

04-10-2008, 02:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 21,928 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: copepods They will reproduce until the fish eat them all up. That is one of the reasons a fuge it a great thing to have. It gives you a place where copepods and other beneficial critters can reproduce without anything preying on them. Even with the fish eating them you are likely to keep some and they will reproduce just much more if you have a fuge. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

04-10-2008, 03:18 PM	#5 (permalink)
tippMANn98 Has been struck by the ban stick Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: New Port Richey, FL Posts: 2,705 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: copepods those circle spots that look like eggs: if you have snails, especially cerith, they lay eggs A LOT, i get those clusters at least twice a week from my cerith snails....if no snails...then they must be tiny little hard tube feather dusters.

04-10-2008, 09:41 PM	#6 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods yea there are snails in there ...well in future id like to have a mandarin i know you need those to eat so I was gonna use an off tank fuge since i cant put one on my tank! get like a ten gallon to breed them in and put like 20% of that tanks water in my display tank every 2 weeks

04-10-2008, 11:06 PM	#7 (permalink)
SJS Achilles Tang Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: SO CAL - Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 846 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: copepods Lucky you - pods so early!! I also have white spots - snail eggs, my chromis love to eat them. __________________ Steph 300 gallon dt, 90 gallon fuge, 35 gallon fuge, 35 gallon sump, 4 Ecotech Vortechs, T-5 lights

04-12-2008, 09:35 AM	#8 (permalink)
petarst Tubeworm Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 39 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods Please, help , today I got many of this little white bugs all over my aquarium , what to do ? Are they copepods or .....

04-13-2008, 01:29 AM	#9 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods close to the white one on my walls i think there pods but i know nothing haha but why on glass and not in the rock

04-13-2008, 10:40 AM	#10 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 21,928 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: copepods They look like pods to me. You can find pods anywhere. They are often on the sand and rocks but certainly can be on the glass. When I don't clean my glass frequently enough there are "kiss" marks in the algae to show where my fish have nabbed the pods on the glass. I see them everywhere in my fuge. __________________ Peace LYNN You can't change the past but you can change how you view it. A reef tank is like a racecar. The faster you go the harder you crash. Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Every 60 seconds you spend upset is a minute of happiness you'll never get back.

04-13-2008, 11:27 AM	#11 (permalink)
jr999 Tubeworm Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: London, Ontario Posts: 26 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods Hello Travis Although I don't have a fuge, I've had a mandarin for 2.5 years. Saw one in the lfs while I was deciding to go salt. Did the research to learn what was needed for their care. I have 130lbs of live rock in my 90gal and the rock and sand is crawling with the critters. I keep a small flashlight with weak batteries just to see whats going on in the dark. Amazing whats moving around in there after lights out. Added the mandarin 1.5 years after seeing the one in the lfs. __________________ 90 gal. stress management system

04-13-2008, 11:30 PM	#12 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods how did you get pods in there so well for him with no fuge?

04-13-2008, 11:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
Royalscott Plate Coral Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Louisiana Posts: 791 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods WOW! That is one gorgeous Mandarin. I have never seen one of that color. __________________ Janetta & Scott 29 Gallon Bio Cube, 14 Gallon Bio Cube 34 gallon Solana & 3 gallon Picotope The Nano Club Wear Gloves

04-14-2008, 12:50 AM	#15 (permalink)
travis127 Pistol Shrimp Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 243 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: copepods yea instead of being green with oranage stripes its orange with grean stripes very cooool

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