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03/14/2018, 09:15 AM | #1 |
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Copepods ID
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I bought copepods from an online seller but from I what I read they seems large (approx 1cm) to be copepods although I never saw copepods in real lol. Can someone confirm what is this exactly (see pic attached) ? |
03/14/2018, 09:36 AM | #2 |
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Really hard to see in that picture IMO..
But TIGRIOPUS CALIFORNICUS (Tiger Pods) can be 1.5mm long
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03/14/2018, 09:57 AM | #3 |
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Looks like a bunch of brine shrimp to me.
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Now that you say that and I squint you may be right...
Shark888 post a link to the online ad
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Yeah those are brine shrimp.
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Added more pics.
Here is the link (chinese) : https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm...u=f29jgiapb347 I saw pics of brine shrimp and Im thinking thats what I got, but in the water they seems to have also plenty of very small dots if I can say, maybe 1mm size and the others are approx 10mm The online ad stated that there would be 1000 pcs of copepods... |
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Clearly brine shrimp in the pictures..
cannot comment on if you go any copepods.. Welcome to purchasing from China.. Buyer beware as corruption just part of the acceptable business practices...
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Yup definitely brine.
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Okay so I can confirm that there are some very tiny "things" swimming with size less than 0.01, so I can only guess those are copepods, I was expecting to breed them in the small tank you saw in the pics so Im looking for your advise.
Should I move the brine shrimp to my refugium and let what seems to be copepods alone in the small tank ? |
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Whats your desired outcome of this? Just dump it all in your tank and enjoy..
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Both the pods and shrimp should be able to coexist in the same tank if you want.
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Could the tiny swimming ones be baby brine shrimp?
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Id say brine shrimp
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