copepods filter socks
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pods end up all over, I know I throw out lots when I change my filter sock, change my filter floss in the sump but where there is no predators to eat them , their will thrive.
my overflow is my pod heaven.
my overflow is my pod heaven.
My pods do both, I pick them out of the filter socks and put them into the tanks that have wrasses and mandarins.:yes:
This is a great question. With my new sump, I'm running a big filter sock AND I have the refugium. I didn't even realize you could see the copepods well enough to actually pick them out of a sock. I didn't think that sock might be actually filtering them out.
Amphipods are the larger of the pod family and can be seen with a flashlight crawling over the rocks at night. I also have tisbee pods, when I start a new tank, after the cycle, I take filter floss and wipe the insde of one of my other sump and start a new culture in the new sump. I can't see well enought to pick them out of the filter socks! Lol 
Raz0945;1057577 wrote: Amphipods are the larger of the pod family and can be seen with a flashlight crawling over the rocks at night. I also have tisbee pods, when I start a new tank, after the cycle, I take filter floss and wipe the insde of one of my other sump and start a new culture in the new sump. I can't see well enought to pick them out of the filter socks! Lol
Lol but very smart Holley :yes:
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it would a good idea to turn the sock inside out and rinse it in a white bucket with tank water so you can see them better if you want to save what ever pods end up in the sock.
while doing a water change and or when you need to change sock would be a good time to do this even if you just wanted to see what was in your sock.
I used to do this but it wasn't worth my time for the amount of anything I was saving.
while doing a water change and or when you need to change sock would be a good time to do this even if you just wanted to see what was in your sock.
I used to do this but it wasn't worth my time for the amount of anything I was saving.
I flick the larger amphipods out of of filter bags/socks. You can give the media a swirly in a bucket of saltwater too to dislodge them, but the downside, is it dislodges all the crud you're using the media to catch.
A brine shrimp net will catch them in the bucket (and some of the dirt too...)
I hate to throw away viable pods, but it can be time consuming to try to salvage them out of the media. One way or another, some do get discarded.
Jenn
A brine shrimp net will catch them in the bucket (and some of the dirt too...)
I hate to throw away viable pods, but it can be time consuming to try to salvage them out of the media. One way or another, some do get discarded.
Jenn
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I prefer not to touch my filter socks too much for obvious reasons. Also don't want any nastiness going back into the water
