Copepods - Feeding and culturing Live food w/ Chad the Copegod from ReefNutrition!

[@TheLindsell]

Dude that was such a great interview, really informative, I’m super stoked that I watched it, 100x thanks 🙏 for posting this

[@ReefDudes]

Your most welcome! glad you enjoyed it :D

[@ILmachiner]

Looking forward to the new rodifitler! The t fitting has to many parts? It's 3 pieces of pvc. More like you have to give people something they don't feel ripped off by.

[@sabinareefing5119]

Love the green screen with the aquarium and then using a recorded screen capture with the interview person. Nice video set up for remote interview.

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you! I have fun experimenting and mixing up different ways to keep it fresh!

[@sabinareefing5119]

ReefDudes that is a lot of work some larger channels have not done. Very impressed.

[@michelhaineault6654]

Great interview, very helpful ! Merci.

[@ReefDudes]

Thanks Michel! happy to hear it helps! :)

[@HugDeeznueces]

Great vid. Learned a lot!

[@cubanreefer1582]

Súper nice video as usual

[@ReefDudes]

Thank you! As usual :P :)

[@karennation3580]

can all fish eat copepods ect, or just tangs, mandarin gobies ect... My water was pristine until I got corals and reef roids just dirtys up my water. I can see the brown tinge to my water even in spite of weekly WC! I suppose thats what skimmers are for lol...now regretting my 19 gallon on my kitchen counter! I love it there but really need a skimmer and no room in tank. May have to buy a 15 gallon aio!

[@TrevorHiller]

My question that I would love to have answered by Chad or someone else from Reef Nutrition… since these copepods can tolerate quite a variety of water conditions… why on earth does Reef Nutrition only offer 1 and 2 day shipping. $40-$50 to ship pods is crazy. Seems like the pods could survive in a bottle for longer than that. Also regarding adding bottled bacteria-RN recommends on their website not to use existing aquarium water because it will “contaminate” the culture. What exactly are we concerned with contaminating the culture with if it’s ok to add aquarium bacteria to the culture. So much conflicting information out there that makes it challenging when learning to culture your own.

[@dannycastaneda1974]

Thanks fir the great video. What cheap microscope do you recommend, as mentioned in the video?

[@ReefDudes]

I have something in the middle whichis the celestron usb one amzn.to/38qAi0C

[@gabesreef]

I forgot it was Wednesday.... great stream, great info. 👍🏽

[@anthonyc5362]

I raise angelfish and hatching BB are not that difficult for me .Was thinking about trying clownfish anymore information on using bb instead of rotifers to get them thru metamorphosis

[@feliciafox4205]

Can you feed the Tigger pods to a fresh water tank, how long will they survive after adding them in?

[@eroggero]

Another very informative video, going to give the pods a try ,once I get some time freed up. So Chad was saying you don’t have to feed viable phytoplankton, you can use the”dead” phytoplankton to feed copepods. Would there be any way to hook it up to a dozer to cover keep the culture going for a vacation?....

[@ReefDudes]

Yep you could. Ideally you would have a little mini fridge with phyto in it but it would work :)

[@eroggero]

ReefDudes I had seen a video were he sued a small tank 10g maybe, but was feeding dry raw Spirulina every 3 days, I got thinking 🤔 ,could you use it in a auto feeder or would it just clump up....

[@TheG760]

Love your vids. I keep hearing what sounds like a can of spray paint shaking during alot of your live vids. What is that?

[@ReefDudes]

Greg Dubroca during live streams? Haha prob my dog trying to open the door

[@jianzhao8391]

OK. where can i buy that ?

[@greghirtle6605]

Great interview!took a smart man and informed my simple mind.

[@Soleshaker1]

Hi what's the company's name for the copepods startup kit where can I purchase it?

[@ReefDudes]

Reef Nutrition

[@tommycristaldi9037]

When you culture the coco pods do you culture them in 35ppt salinity? Or the same low salinity like culturing phytoplankton like 24ppt?

[@A96RangerPrerunner]

It’s copepods, and same salinity as your tank

[@KreefAquariumhobby]

👍👍👍👍🤗

[@Cowboy711AoZ]

2 words “Quieter Keyboard”. Other than that, great info.

[@ReefDudes]

I have one now :P this vid is a good 2+ years old :)

[@timothysawyer7949]

I guess I'm not patient enough for 54 minutes of this; be nice if it could be distilled down to 10 minutes