Benefits of Copepods in a Reef Tank

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In Today's video we are going to take a look at the benefits of copepods in a reef tank. Copepods are a very small crustaceans that consume organic waste and are a great fish food for hard to feed fish.
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@kyles_exotics 5 лет назад

What a coincidence! I literally just looked at my first tank and noticed copepods so this was very helpful!

@HollaAtChaReefBoy 5 лет назад

Great videos as always. Keep them coming!

@jeffbritman6217 5 лет назад

Love the pods. It’s fun to watch them at night when lights are out

@BlueCarbonReefing 5 лет назад

Great Video! Definitely an essential part of a reef tank. You made a lot of good points.

@michaelsr7353 5 лет назад

Look forward to watching your vids at the end of my week.. keep up the great work.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Awesome! Thank you.

@houndar1 5 лет назад

My wife misses having Copepods in her tank. We had tons in our old 180 (which was a previous established tank). Might have to get some for her.

@beckycooper2812 5 лет назад

I have introduced copepods 3 times...I started out with dry rock and sand. I hope a lot of your followers heed your advice and add them from the beginning, such an important step! Thank you for sharing your time with us.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thank you for sharing...

@rickysmoritz 5 лет назад

Awesome as always

@coralslover8006 5 лет назад

I like you video, all of them are great. You are right copepods are great addition for aquarium tank, I have them in my tank and they help a lot to my tank clean. Thank you for awesome video!

@EduardoC 5 лет назад

Great video and Good info!

@sashimiturtle 5 лет назад

Great video. Copepods are a great regular addition to every reef tank. I've ordered form Algae barn a few times and plan on continuing to order from them.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Awesome!

@galacticdong4125 5 лет назад

I just found some in my tank - got lucky as they must have hitched a ride from a coral into the tank :)

@jamesalbrecht2584 5 лет назад

What a great video, waiting to get some pods now!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Awesome, thanks for watching!

@RipVanWinkle_Nature_Discovery 5 лет назад

Yeah, totally agree that pods are absolutely essential to a reef system.

@mikeleonard8521 5 лет назад

Thanks! Pods are great, IMO. Always super active!

@nickvarley8365 4 года назад

I thought they were pests! I was netting them out! Aha glad I found this video

@DwightMcCharles 5 лет назад

Great video👍 Congrats Reefing with Reefer.

@dustinjeske5190 5 лет назад

Thanks for the info

@evandylewski4562 5 лет назад

Awesome! I want copepods when I get my reef tank up and running.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

I would add them as soon as the tank is cycled.

@luischarriez5136 5 лет назад

Good video funny I was thinking of putting them in my reef

@josephpettit8572 5 лет назад

Great video. Hope u get to feeling better. I wish i had put them in at the start of my build. Seems it takes a little longer to get the pod boom if u already have predators( fish) in tank.

@nathanwest7320 5 лет назад

Been on the fence about ordering from them. After seeing this will be ordering soon!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

last week I did a video on fish food where I talk about a few different places to get pods: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LmQz2ed2XdA.html but algae barn is definitely solid.

@andrerusso4311 5 лет назад

Great explanation keep up the good work

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@tonyholliday2347 5 лет назад

Finally have a good amount thriving in my tank!

@aaronhome27 5 лет назад

I couldn't agree more. One of the first things I added once my tank cycled. Can't beat biodiversity.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

And copepods add a lot!

@doghoused 5 лет назад

I need some more of those pods!!!

@oscaranchundia3641 5 лет назад

Really nice, I been adding them every few months, I think that they are a good addition to the reef.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

They do a lot of good for a reef tank.

@karennation3580 4 года назад

@@MadHattersReef how big do they get if not eatten by the fish? I see some you tubes with big ones but it was by a marine bioligist, also I think I saw a big one crawl under my rock, I never added them! I have pineapple sponges as well. All of a sudden after 4 months all this life. I have been reserching all week trying to figure out. I thought the pineapple sponges were eggs from the big copepod (if it was a copepod) I dont know any other pest or bad hitchhiker that looks like that from you tubes I been watching!

@Brandon-og4nc 2 года назад

There are main different types of copepods in all different sizes

@michaeldonahue864 5 лет назад

Love pods they r a must for a reef

@christopherburns9926 5 лет назад

Great vid as usual …..I have to admit I was thinking about podding my new reef lol

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

I would. I would like to add more pods myself.

@jenkinscrew 5 лет назад

Good video!

@julianmonks8690 5 лет назад

Great information, need more pods

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

They do a lot for a reef tank.

@curtisbridgen1493 5 лет назад

Nice video and good info.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@susqcorals5939 5 лет назад

Great Video 👍

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks!

@joepugner3232 5 лет назад

Great video man. I've been watching a lot of ur videos I'm just getting restarted with reefing. (Used to have 50 gallon about 12 years ago. A lot has changed lol) would U think with just setting up a 20 gallon reef with live rock and live sand it would still be good idea to add copepods?

@hankfourton8240 3 года назад

Yes for sure I have a 30 gallon and it works great!

@rubensacramento 5 лет назад

Another great video. I am also a copepod supporter

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Glad to hear it!

@markjordan7185 5 лет назад

Thanks for a good video

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

@TexasRed649 4 года назад

I’m here because my tank got copepods introduced on accident and I’m trying to learn more about them.

@youronlycow 3 года назад

I've had my tank for 7 months and today I noticed a wide population of copepods on the glass. I wonder where they came from as I started with caribsea life rock and their live sand. I did add 2 new fishes though, maybe it was seeded through them.

@Carlos23reef 5 лет назад

great video

@waterskiertom 5 лет назад

great info

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@nathanmoore7142 5 лет назад

Add pods to my tank. My old tank had a healthy population of pods in it. Can't wait until my new tank has those kind of numbers.

@Toddk737373 2 года назад

I'm starting a new reef tank and doing a fishless nitrogen cycle. At what point do you suggest adding coppepods?

@mikesenuty7162 5 лет назад

Love the pods. Gonna seed soon. I'm battling the dreaded ich. :(

@karennation3580 4 года назад

Do these help with that? What benefit do you get from them? Trying to decide if I should add them, mainly for my yellow clown goby that wont eat but i suppose it would take to long for them to get big enough. What do you think. Its only a 10 gallon but i have a 36 I just set up as well with live rock. I think its cycled but not sure, so I made sure first fish was a damsel. He is doing great!

@Mohammed_aldari3 3 года назад

Amazing 🥰

@whywaswacktaken7761 5 лет назад

great vid

@Andrew-ns4dn 5 лет назад

They are definitely needed for a well running tank.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks for watching!

@joevasquez1776 Год назад

Thx

@BAYAREA408_RN4L 4 года назад

I freaked out this morning woke up and seen a bunch of white dots on my tank. Used a scrapper cause I freaked out but now I’m seeing there’s a benefit from them

@devinjohansen9503 5 лет назад

You can just buy a few small pieces of LR to introduce them to your tank as well.

@sydney2073 2 года назад

I have recently got these in my freshwater tank and I'm pretty nervous about it. It seems like there are a lotttt. Can I have some advice on if they're safe or if I'm doing something wrong with my water? 🤔 I only have one Java moss plant and it's been there for a few months but I never saw the copepods until tonight. Please help~~~

@Arborpress 2 года назад

My 20g nano tank cube through a fallow period for about 3 months due to an outbreak. I saw an explosion of copepods everywhere in my tank. Once fish were reintroduced the copepods disappeared within a week or two.

@katelynnleis8830 5 лет назад

Nice video

@texasreeferusa922 5 лет назад

My Mandarin loves them.

@ProppedNutFPV 5 лет назад

Kids back to school and living here in New England. Getting sick is inevitable :( . Hope you feel better soon. Thanks for the video. Couldn't come at a better time for me. This is a subject that is becoming important to me. I have recently ordered 80lbs of BRS Reef Saver Rock that is going to be going into a 90 gal tank I'm getting from Pete from "Reef News Network". Currently "four days now" have it in a 20gal tank curing and cycling. During this time I've been ghost feeding mysis shrimp and Ammonia has rissen to .02 ppm. I'll give it a few more days and then I'm planning on seeding the Nitrifying backeria by using some sand from my current tank and some rubble rock from my sump. So, I've been contemplating on adding Copepods to the tank with the dead rock. To give them some time to multiply. When would it be a good time? Can they withstand a cycle?

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

As soon as the tank is cycled I would add them. What was the thought behind adding the nitrifying bacteria after you crept up to .02 ppm ammonia?

@ProppedNutFPV 5 лет назад

I was saying at the time I wrote my post I was up to .02 ppm Ammonia. I was going to let it get a bit higher. As of today I'm at .08. My thought process was to make sure there was a good amount of Ammonia for the bacteria to feed off of. I won't be getting my new tank setup for a week or three.

@jacobkitchen4612 5 лет назад

I need to try Cope Pods for my Seahorses.

@wasmithee 5 лет назад

My Mandarin loves her copepods!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Yes they do.

@Messier87_M87 3 года назад

I've been keeping a healthy population of copepods in my reef for my scooter blenny, but he doesn't even go for them. I guess he prefers frozen food instead.

@ignaciorocha5867 5 лет назад

I had copepods in my tank before but they all died when I moved from Orlando to Atlanta. I need to get more but so many options out there

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Time to add some pods.

@scottfloyd9794 5 лет назад

How often would you add and I know tank residents would affect this but! Once a month one every 6 months?

@calli_3 5 лет назад

How often do you need to top them up or do you?

@robertvega2114 5 лет назад

Nice

@edwinechevarria8704 4 года назад

Do you need to have a refugium to add these?

@karennation3580 2 года назад

I had some appear naturally in my tank! Can that happen or did they somehow survive coral dip and make it in their that way? I also bought some live rock but had it soaking in fresh mixed saltwater, so maybe they survived if on her rock. Do you know if they happen on their own?

@Brandon-og4nc 2 года назад

They more than likely survived on your live rock. They would not of survived a dip as dip is meant to kill invertebrates (copepods are shrimp like animals) and fresh saltwater would not kill them. It only takes a few to make a huge population in a short time

@mtjwilson379 5 лет назад

my pods just seemed to creep into my tank! happy about it but was wondering how? GREAT VID BTW!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Live rock, frags... copepods will find a way.

@karennation3580 4 года назад

@@MadHattersReef Can they just show up? Maybe from feeding reef roids feeding?

@josequiles1435 5 лет назад

I’m going to add them ASAP thanks

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

The cost can be high but it's definitely worth adding copepods to your reef tank.

@josequiles1435 5 лет назад

I’m new to the hobby and willing to learn as much as I can I started small but I kind of wish I would’ve gone bigger I currently have the fuval 13.5

@josequiles1435 5 лет назад

I have tons of questions but I know you’re a busy person

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Shoot me an email... Jeff@madhattersreef.com

@josequiles1435 5 лет назад

I sent you a email

@yes2water750 5 лет назад

Pods are a must

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Yes...

@ulises3259 5 лет назад

Is this combo a one time purchase or do u have to keep buying them? Wasn't sure if the copepods just kept reproducing just as long as u keep feeding plankton.

@ktothecdbl5323 5 лет назад

I have tisbe pods and they seem to do the trick for my mandarin goby

@mstanton01 5 лет назад

All of my fish love pods. Ready to order more from AlgaeBarn!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

What do you have for fish!

@mstanton01 5 лет назад

@@MadHattersReef I have 2 purple firefish and a Diamond Goby. 50 gallon cube that has been up for about 5 months. I have more coral than fish right now. My firefish are breeding and I currently have a small amount of fry that need rotifers. Fun stuff!

@greennavy2006 5 лет назад

Aren't you doing videos also for Premium aquatics? great company with Excellent custmomer support!!!!!!!

@dannygarrido677 5 лет назад

Used live sand,noticed alot of white bugs on the glass.Now its time for the mandarin.I seed my tank two or three times a year.add phytoplex twice a week.Mandarin going on2years.

@SaltFishTV 3 года назад

I like how you say copepods like co-PEE-pods 😁

@guppykingaquatics7477 5 лет назад

Are the copepods from this company for only saltwater or do they have for freshwater also ?

@DipenHansawala 3 года назад

Do we need to feed that liquid to pods on every week/month ? Or It's just one time investment and they will eat fish food wastage?

@tonyaclark1570 5 лет назад

Just got my pods Thursday from Algae Barn. What a coincidence!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

How did you make out?

@tonyaclark1570 5 лет назад

@@MadHattersReef everything looks good. I put them in my sump. Hopefully they are alive. They were swimming when I put the in 😅

@jerryebner7582 5 лет назад

Found some on ebay algae barn seems to be out of stuff , Very popular these days.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

I bought from eBay before had a 50/50 success rate buying pods there. There was a really solid seller that went by And1up (or something like that) but I'm not sure if they are still around.

@jerryebner7582 5 лет назад

I found them from a video from reef girl. going to give it a try.

@BlandDeuce 5 лет назад

lost my tanks to Hurricane Florence along with my house..At least I can fish out here

@Buckley61364 5 лет назад

Added mine that I won through #mysteryreefbox !!! And am stoked I’ve always had natural occurring pods but introducing them I can’t wait to see the numbers I get !!!

@ajs9073 5 лет назад

I too use copepods in my Fish only and my reef.

@deiniou 2 года назад

I have dead rock, and live sand, but as far as I know it only had bacteria in it. Copepods appeared out of nowhere, I dont feed phyto, and did not seed copepods intentionally, they propably came on some other critter and are thriving, so... Why do you guys have to add any or feed them sicne it seems unecessary at least in my case?

@ashleydileo941 5 лет назад

How often do you need to add copepods if like you have a dragonet who will eat them?

@anthonymondragonlopez1365 5 лет назад

I added 2 bottles of 5k cope pods in my frag tank and every 3 days I would add 2 drops of phytofeast and 3 months later boom! Nothing but cope pods in my tank, hard to see my corals & frags without a couple copepods chillin on the glass

@Nathan-wn5mc 5 лет назад

If I'm trying to grow Coralline Algae should I wait buying pods?

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

They won't eat coralline algae...

@The_reel_archer 5 лет назад

What other copepod distributors have you heard over that is good? I have heard the value at AlgaeBarn is not that good........ thoughts??.....Anyone

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

I talked about a few in last week's video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-LmQz2ed2XdA.html I've order pods from everywhere and I had good and bad experiences with just about all of them. Shipping anything alive has it's drawbacks especially something with such a short life span. That being said, Algae Barn (cost aside) has been one of the best experiences I've had receiving a shipment of pods. I wouldn't say that about anyone... if they didn't deserve it.

@robertlangford7637 5 лет назад

i have a six month reef tank no copepods, in it is it too late to start growing copepods?

@jackson7962 5 лет назад

That's about when you want to add them actually I added some when my tank was 1 year old

@kevdan264 5 лет назад

👍

@silverskyscraper1179 4 года назад

Anybody know if copepod will destroy my beautiful coralline algae? I hope not.

@djbrandriff 5 лет назад

I did a rescape in my reef tank with a big time cleaning too. I think I did more harm than good. Think I hurt my population in the tank

@killcon10 5 лет назад

How often do you add pods?

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

This was the first time in a long time that I've added pods to any of my aquariums. I would keep adding them till you are seeing them on a regular bases.

@rameyshinobi 5 лет назад

I can't seem to keep pods alive even in the refugium. I can't keep shrimp either. Other inverts including starfish do fine.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Maybe it's time for a ATI Test to see whats going on.

@rameyshinobi 5 лет назад

@@MadHattersReef thanks for the reply. I'll order a test kit. I hadn't even thought about it.

@19801emmanuel 4 года назад

Copper ...

@ilijadurdevic3135 2 года назад

I know you are reef tanks but cods,, can they be used for fresh water fish fry?

@MadHattersReef 2 года назад

No. They would die

@xraydog2011 4 года назад

I just heard copepods carry Guinea worms !

@gabesreef 5 лет назад

FEEL BETTER SOON!!!

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

Thanks man!

@hubcityreef5641 5 лет назад

I got some pods from a local fish store and the exploded in a couple weeks. As odd as it sounds they are the reason I started my tank.

@MadHattersReef 5 лет назад

I love all the little critters that live in a reef tank. When I first got into the hobby I would sit in front of the tank at night with a flash light to see what was in the tank

@hubcityreef5641 5 лет назад

I know the feeling.