Donjuan420 Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I have had my tank for awhile now I still don't have copepods. I can't figure out why. I want them. Can anyone help? Link to comment
TheCurriculum Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 How long is a while? What are your tank stats? Are you done with your cycle? etc.. etc.. Once you have that posted I'm sure a bunch of people here can help Link to comment
Warboz Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I have a new minbow 7 and it has only been going for about 3 weeks now, and I have many copepods. I can hardly see them but once you get used to looking for things like that you see a bunch more running around. Just started seeing feather dusters, and...what I think to be aptasia. Link to comment
Donjuan420 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 Ok It was a set up tank when I got it. I have had it for about 8 months. The stats? I have a 55 gallon tank um 8.3 ph too high nitrits ok nitrats, .5 amonia. salt at 1.21. I have coral on my live rock. 5 fish just got ick from a beauty coral I bought so I am restarting the cycle. Does this help? Link to comment
JohnnyMTB Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 If you don't have them now after 8 months you won't unless you purchase some living cultures. You can get some established sand out of a tank that you know has pods (LFS, friend, marine club) this will take a while, or you can purchase several varieties on the web, http://www.inlandaquatics.com/ has a couple of pod kits, as well as a dozen other sites. Link to comment
Donjuan420 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 ok I tryed that sight I coud not find anything? Help? Link to comment
JohnnyMTB Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 Just read your last post, your ammonia should be zero, your SG should be 1.024-1.025 and you should have no nitrites. If your readings are correct, you got a big old tank of death. Hope that's not the case. Link to comment
Donjuan420 Posted January 30, 2004 Author Share Posted January 30, 2004 ok I wrote it wrong 1.021 salt but yes my nitrites are way too high. but I just recycled. Link to comment
Reefer_Buddha Posted January 30, 2004 Share Posted January 30, 2004 I have a small amount until i added a refugium, now i have em all over. Look into gettin one and some macros. Link to comment
EtOH_is_good Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 maybe your fish have made them all extinct. need a hiding place like a refugium. Link to comment
alien4fish Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 if he has HIGH NITRITES it sound slike he's over feeding, not doing water changes or not enuf water changes deffanitly a tank wating to CRASH BIG TIME!!!!! i would start with several small water changes over the week or two and invest in a refugium and get some macro algea to help with your nitrates thats why you dont have any pods they cant make it in that enviroment Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 ummm the tank is 8 months old, and you can detect ammonia in the test? That alone says you got issues. Tackle that first.... Link to comment
aggiereefer Posted January 31, 2004 Share Posted January 31, 2004 try lookin in the tank at night with a flash light. The very few amphipods that my scooter blenny hasnt eaten come out at night and are very very cautious probably why they've lived so long. Link to comment
tonym Posted February 1, 2004 Share Posted February 1, 2004 Geeze. My tanks only been running for 3 weeks and I have so many amphipods thier taking over the joint. Link to comment
Turbo Posted February 3, 2004 Share Posted February 3, 2004 Me two....my tank has been up for about two months and it sometimes looks like my sand is moving. They are crawling over everything. Link to comment
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