Hey all,
I've got a three pronged question regarding harvesting Copepods. I've listened to the Copepods TR podcast, and I assume the easiest way to actively harvest Copepods is by using an dedicated container that makes harvesting less complicated. Nevertheless, here are my questions:
1) When pruning Chaetomorpha, do most of you rinse out the discarded Chaeto with tank water to retain any pods therein for the
DT? I tossed some Chaeto out last week, and afterwards it had me thinking...
2) I have a chamber in my
sump where I grow my Chaeto, and I see Copepods and an occasional Amphipod in there. I am wondering if I should
actively harvest these things in order to transfer them to the
DT, or if I should let them
passively get sucked up through the return pump to the
DT.
3) I also have an 10g offline
refugium (fed by my
DT water change
SW) set up that is already producing copepods (and hydrozoan jellyfish), and I would like to get these Copepods back to the
DT. Should I be scraping the pods off the glass and somehow collect them (ie.. using a sieve during a water change) to transfer them back to the
DT?
Eventually, I will have a inline 20g
refugium for this purpose, but for now I would love to hear anyone's techniques.
Thanks so much!
