copepods or phytoplankton?

[noobaquariumust]

so I was at my lfs today and i was going to get some copepods, but I was already getting new fish:becky: and I was wondering should I get a couple of pouches of phytoplankton and let it swim around and reproduce. Than should I buy copepods and let them eat the phyto or get them all at once?

 

[Thedude657]

I just started an algae turf scrubber and Ive got tons of pods. You will also get pods if you use a refugium

 

[mojoreef]

Were you thinking about putting all of that in your tank??

Mojo

 

[noobaquariumust]

i was thinking of adding plankton than pods because i have a orange spotted watchmen goby and he NEEDS to be happy. also i want my tank to be clean

 

[mojoreef]

You kind of have to becareful about adding to much phyto(if any) into your system. Phyto is almost pure Phosphate, so its like dosing nutrients and the result could be an algae bloom. If it were me I would set up a system (jug with a little algae and a air stone) so that you can grow your pods elsewhere and then add them as they appear to the main system.

good luck

Mike

 

[noobaquariumust]

so grow some copepods in like a 5 gallon bucket? than after a bunch have grown put them in the tank? and what do i need to grow them?