AlgaGen ReefPods Tisbe Live Aquacultured Copepods - 8 oz.

ReefPodsTM are the only truly tropical live copepod culture available on the market today. ReefPods Tisbe the most popular aquarium Pod -they consumes your aquarium's wastes and detritus, reproduce well, and are food for a multitude of reef inhabitants!Small harpacticoid copepodAdult Length 0.7 - 1.0 mmReefPods Tisbe is a live culture of the harpacticoid copepod Tisbe biminiensis. Tisbe adult copepods live on bottom substrate such as live rock or sand and will eat detritus and microalage in the aquarium. They produce a small nauplii which is an excellent food for aquarium filter feeders and fish larvae. The adults are eaten by small bottom feeding fish such as gobies, dragonettes and blennies.ReefPods Tisbe may be used as a starter culture to add to marine aquarium refugiums or the main tank. Once established they will reproduce quickly, growing from nauplii to adults in about nine days. They will thrive in a wide range of aquarium temperatures and a wide range of salinities. It is suggested they be added to the aquarium at night or to the refugium to avoid immediate fish predation.ReefPods Tisbe may be cultured separately in a small tank by feeding PhycoPure CopePod Blend. The nauplii are 55-140 micrometers wide, making them suitable for many fish larvae. Adults may be harvested for feeding juvenile seahorses and other small fish.Reef Pods are the only truly tropical live copepod cultures available on the market today. It opens an exciting new area of feeding possibilities for the experimental marine aquarist. Look for many new species of copepod cultures to be available from the culture professionals at AlgaGen.Biology of Tisbe biminiensis Small harpacticoid copepod Lives on surfaces and swims in water column Life stages: Egg (1), Nauplii (6), Copepodid (5), Adult (1) Reproduction: sexual Eggs are deposited in an egg sac attached to female genital segment 10-70 eggs per egg sac Nauplii width: 55-140 m wide Adult length:0.70 -1.0 mm Nauplii to egg producin