Copepods - nevermind I finally see some

[Tinyfish]

Copepods are the small animals about 1mm correct? Amphipods are the larger animals correct?

I purchased a container of copepods at DNA and I still do not see anything. I think I should be able to see a 1mm animal especially if it moves. I have a HOB Aquafuge that has chaetomorpha and turtle grass.

Is there somewhere else I should be getting copepods locally?

 

[DaveJ]

Just beg, borrow, steal... trade or buy cheato or othe macros from people, they are usually loaded with the beasties.

 

[Tinyfish]

I kind of wish I could take pictures of them to see if I have different types.

 

[melev]

Here are some pictures you can compare against:

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

 

[Tinyfish]

Thank you Marc for the link and labeled pictures. Although my camera does not have a super macro I am going to take some pictures anyway just to see what comes out.

 

[Tinyfish]

Well it seems both my eyes and my camera are unable to take a picture of something that tiny. But it was fun trying.

 

[Tinyfish]

I have ordered some copepods from the internet and also phytoplankton to see if I could get some variety in my tanks. I will update in this thread.

 

[Tinyfish]

Well I got more copepods in the mail. I split them between my tanks. I am really hoping that since there are no predators in the 75g that they will reproduce. I have been feeding phytoplanton. I got some BioPlanton that really seems to help my corals a lot.