Day 7.. 8:30am. I think this will be my last day posting this Phytoplankton /copepods project. 7 days into this cool project. I've now learned to be patient..🤭🤭😂😂 it's like the hardest thing to be, right.. but I like to thank everyone who left comments and inspired me to keep going. I like our saltwater community here. So I will harvest my fist dose of phytoplankton on Sunday to pour into my display tank. As For the copepods I'll have to wait a little longer. There are still babies, not ready yet. If I can do this, so can you. Not that hard. Just be vigilant with it. And patience is key. Thanks everybody.😃😃
Harvesting Copepods for my Red Mandarin Dragonet.
Live Rotifer and Copepod time ...
Only one is interested.
Started my first copepods culture. Give Reef By Steele a try they’re awesome and the customer service can’t be beat! Kent and Sherry are the best!! Go to Reef2Reef to vote “Best Live Food Provider-Best live foods, customer service etc….”
Copepod cleanup crew on the attack. Mind the dirty glass.
Wuhoooo.. thousands of copepods. I'm happy with my culture. Patience is key..😃
Starting to see tons of copepods popping up! Maybe I'll get a Mandarin Dragonet in a couple months.🤔
Day 7.. 8:30am. I think this will be my last day posting this Phytoplankton /copepods project. 7 days into this cool project. I've now learned to be patient..🤭🤭😂😂 it's like the hardest thing to be, right.. but I like to thank everyone who left comments and inspired me to keep going. I like our saltwater community here. So I will harvest my fist dose of phytoplankton on Sunday to pour into my display tank. As For the copepods I'll have to wait a little longer. There are still babies, not ready yet. If I can do this, so can you. Not that hard. Just be vigilant with it. And patience is key. Thanks everybody.😃😃
Day 4. 8:30am. I almost can't see through the bottom of the Phytoplankton jar. The copepods are still dancing around. Let's keep going. 🙂
Wow..😳😳😀😀 Day 3. 8:30am. I open my pantry to see how things are going. The phytoplankton is really getting greener. I'm a little concerned with the Copepods jar. There are lots of them dancing in there. But the jar still looks lite green. Well...Let's keep going. Four more days..😀
Day 2. At 8:30am. I came downstairs and went into the pantry and when I looked at the jars I found the bottom of the jars was darker green than the top. I stir the jars with a long spoon. Can't tell the difference in green yet from yesterday. But I did see some copepods dancing around. Let's keep it going. 🙂
Just waiting for nature to take it’s place. Had a diatom bloom a week ago blacked out my tank for 3 days (didn’t turn on lights) algae cleared up dusted the rocks off and did a water change. During the 3day blackout Copepods Breed like crazy they were all over the glass !
Day eight of the nitrogen cycle. I had a bunch of black plastic around the tank, but I removed it because it was atrocious. Once the tank is cycled, I’ll add copepods and macroalgae. A couple weeks after that, I’ll add the first clowns.