thank you! this is the best how to grow copepods vid I’ve seen so far!

@TheSaltyLife

2 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you 😊 glad it helped you out 😃

Excellent Video The Salty Life!!! I learned so much, Just subscribed! Looking forward for more videos to come!

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your support! Im glad you enjoyed the video 😊 and its great to see you have joined the fish family 😄 more videos to come soon!

Your video is the 4th that I've watch on growing one's own pods and it was the best so far. I've subcribed and liked. I be watch more of your presentations. Thanks, great job!

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and im glad its helped you!. Thank you also for your support and welcome to the fish family 🐠🧜🏻‍♀️

Will look forward to you're other videos 😊

Thank you! First video on step by step! ❤

Very good video ....very informatic...keep it up....

Very helpful! Thank you.

Very good explanation and easy voice to listen to. Instant subscribe!

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the support! Its nice to know my voice is an easy to listen to one 😂 Welcome!! 😁

I would culture their Phyto too, that way you basically have a self sustaining copepod system.

Very informative video for beginners like us. Thank you so much. The description was detailed

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Your very welcome :) I'm so pleased you found my video useful!

great vid! thanks.

Great video! Very nicely done. I look forward to see a video when feeding time comes.

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😊 I'm happy you liked the video! I will include feeding into the next culture video for sure.

Very nice video. Short and simple

@TheSaltyLife

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊 glad you enjoyed watching 😊

Very interesting i plan on cultivating some pods as well i appreciate these videos!!👍👍

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you @Casey Gonzalez hope they can help in some way 🙂

Brilliant video thanks

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

Your very welcome 😊

Very Well made video.👍

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much 😊 glad you enjoyed watching 😁

I just came across your channel and am so excited about it. I am a girl who feels a little out of place in this hobby as so many of the instructional videos are made by men.. The men do a wonderful job so not knocking them but it’s so refreshing to see another woman that’s into aquarium keeping and making videos!

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hey Maya 👋 I completely understand how you feel.. your message made me smile! Im glad your excited & im glad you made it here to be apart of my reefing family 😊 its deffo great meeting more women in the hobbie! Thanks for your support if you need anything let me know 🧜🏻‍♀️

Hi Salty, I have just bought this kit from Reefphyto, it arrived this morning. It is good to have some vids for reference as this is my first attempt at breeding Copepods. Just finished setting it up and it is bubbling away nicely at about 2 per second. Just need to keep them fed and wait for the results.

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jamie! That's awesome glad my vids can help you. Yeah definatly I will be doing an update soon this last week I've had an explosion of pods! There are loads and all I've been doing is feeding when the water looks clearish. You will have to let me know how you get on 🙂

Great vid, thx

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Your welcome! I hope it helped 😊

This is a great video!!!! I was not aware they sold growing kits. I may have to get one myself! Look forward to how it goes. I may get one

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you liked it Michael 🙂 yeah I think alot of places do them. Definatly check it out. You have a mandarin dragonet so I would definitely recommend for you! They need copious amounts of pods! So will be perfect! And it is super easy to set it all up 😊

@DoubleCFit

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah I started pods in my refugium before I put it in. They are growing. I grab some tigger pods occasionally for it. Definitely something to look into

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@DoubleCFit yeah deffo I was spending too much money on copepods every week so this is a great way to save money too!😁 win win for us and our fish friends lol

Great video. How often are you feeding the reefphyto concentrated phyto feed to your jar?

Just watched your videos how soon did you see till you start getting more coppods and how many times did you fed them does the water change colour once the eat all the phytoplankton so you know when too add more and how do you know when to do a water change on it great video

Hi great video,from one live packet culture how much you can get enough to harvest and continue your own culture,thank you

Mooooooorrrrrreeeee

Nice and very easy to follow. Just got a Mandarin due to flatworm invasion in my aquarium and I am finding out it is going to need an ocean of copepods for it to survive. 😩I just added a small 8 oz. Pack today to my 29 gallon aquarium but I don't think it will be enough. I would not have purchased this beautiful fish if I had known it is all it eats, but my local fish store recommended it for flatworms.😔

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you for your comment. Im glad you liked my video 😊 yeah manderin dragonets are usually recommended for expert level aquarists with a mature system and steady supply of pods. purely for the fact their feeding can be tricky. I personally would have probably recommended a 6 line wrasse to eat flatworms. As they are an easy to care for fish. Ive never had to deal with flat worms i can imagine it being a pain. If you think the manderin will be too much at this moment in time you could always return him and swap for a easier to care for fish that will eat flatworm? There's nothing worse than watching a beautiful fish like a manderin dragonet slowly starving as the demand for pods is so high. But if you want the challenge they eat 1000s of pods a day so starting a culture is deffo recommemded. I hope that helped a little! 😊

Hi great vid .. where did you get the phytoplankton from please?

@Indystv_26_baryonyx

2 жыл бұрын

i think the copepods eat them, because they eat other microorganisms, or maybe she filtered the water (i am an ifiot if i get both wrong)

You just touch pipette back to phytofeast and contaminated it.

Thank you so much, very helpful 😁 What did you feed the copepods?

@Indystv_26_baryonyx

2 жыл бұрын

maybe microorganisms and bacteria? :/

@buddybonbutt7510

Жыл бұрын

Phytoplankton

Tip: I just have them in a bottle without light they will still reproduce got 1000 of them

Okay Salty, the outfit you bought your Copepod Kit from must have a problem answering emails from the USA. Since they don't reply to my emails, I have a couple of questions concerning an established farm. (1) Once the pods are in the farm and reproducing, is there a need to ever perform a water change or do I just keep adding RO to keep the salinity at 1.023? My farm will be approximately the same volume as your farm, approximately how much phytoplankton do you feed per 3.75 Liters? Thank you for your advise and I've now binged watched all of your videos.

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

hey. Oh thats annoying. Dont see why they dont reply to emails. Water changes only need to happen about every 2-3 months. When the water starts to smell or starts getting lots of tiny bubbles around the edge of the water surface, a water change is needed. (Another reason to change the water is if you start to notice depletion in the number of rotifers/copepods for no apparent reason. (Most likely, the ammonia level is too high.) You need to feed your culture when the water starts looking clear. And you should feed enough that your water is a light green. Not dark green. If you over feed you can crash you whole culture. You will slowly get used to how much and when. I dont know specifically how many ml of feed per litre of water in the culture. Just go by the colour. If it looks like its clear and when you look top down into the water with a light (torch) you can see the bottom.. your culture needs feeding just remember light green is good dark green is too much feed. Hope this helps 😊

@ChrisfromFL

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSaltyLife Thanks for your help, Chip Chip Cheerio!!

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisfromFL your very welcome 😄

Hello I’m waiting on the update on the pro mode for the fluval led can you show us your schedule settings? Just anxious cuz I got the same one good job with the vids!!

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Jonathan, recently I've been using the manual mode but I can definatly do a video on what I currently run mine at for you if you like?

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

I can also talk through the pro mode too for you 🙂

@johnravelo6321

4 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life sure!!!! I would like that mostly because I’m a beginner and don’t know the spectrum on the reds and the other colors I think that with a quick look will help me a lot. I hope that when you channel blows up and you’re famous you still reply your viewers!!

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnravelo6321 i will get on it asap. I've havnt uploaded for two weeks due to my birthday and having an issue with a fish I brought but will be uploading an update on the 200 over the next couple of days then I will do a light video for you I try to get a video out every week.. 🙂 Lol! I doubt I will be famous but I can promise I will never stop replying to my subscribers I made this channel to help others in the hobbie with the info and knowledge I've gained over the years as well as an own personal video diary for myself. I too am still learning new things everyday so I learn from you guys too! Thank you for your support Jonathan thanks for your feedback it helps with knowing what you guys want me to cover too. 😊

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@johnravelo6321 hello Jonathan I just thought I'd let you know I will be doing the pro mode video in the next couple of weeks this week will be a general update on my tank and inhabitants then I will do the video for you if you have questions about the light that need answering sharpish though feel free to message me 🙂 I havnt forgot 😁

What about the temperature ? 25o C ?

thank u for video. can you explain how to get the live copepods?

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

Buy them

@dr.gpadmavati7610

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSaltyLife Madam is it possible to sort out copepods from live zooplankton samples

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.gpadmavati7610 not sure what you mean. But copepods don't come with plankton you have to buy separate.

how long the lights on ? do i need to light 24 hours or they need 12 hours on 12 hours off light

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Because they sit near a window they have light from the window during the day. Then in the evening when it gets dark when you usually put your lamps on on the house the lamp will go on and then go off when I go to bed 😊 12 hours of light for your culture will be fine 😊

So.. Did the culture work? Did you get many copepods like this?

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

I did do another video showing I had a boom in pod populations. So the awnser is yes it did work and they did breed regularly. Hope that helped

Think this is enough to sustain a 90 gallon (340 litre) tank?

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

If you could keep the culture going with regular harvests, maybe.. but o would probably run two for a tank that size.. and depending what fish you own.. eg if you have fish that primarily eat pods like dragonettes then I would probs run two or 3 of these.

@dominus6224

Жыл бұрын

@@TheSaltyLifeIs the light you used just regular light?

Do you know how often you should feed them with the phytoplankton?

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Feed your culture when the water starts turning clear. 😊 usually between 3-5 days depending how much you feed 😁 hope that helps

@Dan_wiles

3 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life that’s great thank you! 😃

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dan_wiles your very welcome 😊

@sezles1

3 жыл бұрын

My culture clears in no more than 2 days once established and I am harvesting the pods. Pods are very hungry little things maybe because they have a short lifespan.

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@sezles1 the water will clear alot quicker depending on how many mouths you are feeding and how much feed your putting in. 😊 as long as you make sure you feed when the water looks clear you should be fine and won't risk over feeding and crashing your culture. 😊

Do I need an air vent in the lid?

@TheSaltyLife

2 жыл бұрын

Not if you have oxygen going into the container via a air pump. 😃

I feed my artemia after 3 days I use spirilina will this be OK for cope a pods

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

You can feed spirilina by all means, but I wouldnt recommend as main source of food for pods. I would recommend phytoplankton for pods 😊

Mam Is that possible to deliver India. Pls share the Species Technical name.

How long are you leaving your light on for?

@TheSaltyLife

Жыл бұрын

This light was just a demonstration. I used natural daylight as was near a window. But if I was to have run lights on it, I would have run them for up to 8 hours a day. Hope that helps 😊

@ALAN095

Жыл бұрын

10 hours

Unfortunately they don't ship to the U.S. I am so disappointed 😞

@boostedbadboyzx12r31

2 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of places that culture here that you can get starter cultures from

Can I ask where you got the copepod kit from? Thanks

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Mark, yeah sure I got the whole kit from reefphyto.co.uk 🙂

@mamdmzreef7738

4 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life thank you. Enjoying your series. Currently planning my upgrade for the end of the year. Which I am thinking of documenting on KZread

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@mamdmzreef7738 your welcome 🙂 that's great news! Do it! Its alot of fun! If you let me know if you do decide to start documenting I'll be your first subscriber 😎

@mamdmzreef7738

4 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life I think I probably will but depends on time gonna be my dream build

@mamdmzreef7738

4 жыл бұрын

Get your self a page for your channel on Facebook and promote yourself on there.

Is it possible to get that pack in the US?

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hey 👋 I'm not sure you would prob have to look about us websites im pretty sure you would be able to get hold of one maybe try bulkreefsupply 😊

@boostedbadboyzx12r31

2 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of places here that sell the exact same stuff.

How u will do a water change with this little guys?

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

I've done a video on doing a water change on my copepod culture..its actually very easy. 😊

@kamilawright5665

4 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life thank u!! I can’t wait to watch it 😉

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@kamilawright5665 your very welcome! 😁 it's called "how to do a water change on your copepod culture" it's a step by step guide nice and easy to follow 😊

@kamilawright5665

4 жыл бұрын

The Salty Life got cha!! Do u keep the light on all the time?

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@kamilawright5665 no the pods have natural light through the blinds during the day and in the eve I turn the light on and then i turn the light off before bed then repeat cycle next day. That way they have a full day and night cycle 😊

link to the kit?

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

I've added the link to the description of the video 😊 It should direct you straight to the copepod kit & all you have to do is choose whether you want it with the air pump or without 😁

@spudbuilt4308

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheSaltyLife ah they seem to be a European only company

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

@@spudbuilt4308 thats a shame thought they might have shipped worldwide. Im sure there will be websites in your country selling pod cultures. Just search copepod culture in Google im pretty sure it will come up. 😊

can I buy the items to India??

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! Im not to sure you would have to check their website.. the link is in the description of this video 😊

@Dumping_shots

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheSaltyLife ok..thanks for replying

@TheSaltyLife

3 жыл бұрын

@@Dumping_shots your more than welcome good luck 😊

you don't put a knot on your airline. instead add a Y fitting with a valve on the end. if not you put back pressure on the air pump making it work harder and not last as long. nice video

@TheSaltyLife

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice. It already has a Y fitting but the pump that it came with isn't the best. It could possibly be the airline hose thats the problem as it quite flimsy. Either way its impossible to get the air flow exactly how I want with putting a loose knot. To be honest I will probably have to upgrade my hosing and /or air pump. But thanks for the advice 😊

isn't a container for the copepods the same badness then a vase tank for a fish?

@descentintodegeneracy3383

2 жыл бұрын

No, because they are keeping this copepod culture so they can occasionally feed fish in a larger tank

@buddybonbutt7510

Жыл бұрын

What??