Was wondering what to do to grow them out and also i have seen pink sentaped looking guys going in my rocks very small was told thy are bad and told there harmless what is the truth on tis and what do i do about them thanks! Love the show
i have tons of these critters, i love watching my Ampipods craw through my rockwork at night when the lights are out….very entertaining like little acrobats…great work Mark keep it up
My tank is 5 months old now “including cycle which took 1 month” so 4 monts after cycle, I havent seen any of these little guys yet at all, been looking like crazy, is my tank still to young? Is having these little guys somthing that will always happen? should I jump start them buy buying some to put in the tank? Sorry for all the questions just really excited about it, thank you.
Thanks for all you offer. I have a 125 gallon reef with medium load and EcoSystem Refugiam. I want to get the SWC 160 but the last chamber in the refugaim is only 6″ and too small for the Skimmer. Either I need to go with an external or rework the refugiam to reduce the mud/algae area. What are your thoughts and THANK YOU!
Was wondering what to do to grow them out and also i have seen pink sentaped looking guys going in my rocks very small was told thy are bad and told there harmless what is the truth on tis and what do i do about them thanks! Love the show
@Shawn – Sounds like a bristleworm, again part of your clean up crew. There good at eating all the detritus in your rockwork. Have a good weekend all!
Amphipods,phytoplankton, and cooepods are the base of the old reef tank food pyramid. Remember that from grade school?
Was also wondering what methods there are to promote the grouth of ampipods and cooepods specificly in a new tank
i have tons of these critters, i love watching my Ampipods craw through my rockwork at night when the lights are out….very entertaining like little acrobats…great work Mark keep it up
My tank is 5 months old now “including cycle which took 1 month” so 4 monts after cycle, I havent seen any of these little guys yet at all, been looking like crazy, is my tank still to young? Is having these little guys somthing that will always happen? should I jump start them buy buying some to put in the tank? Sorry for all the questions just really excited about it, thank you.
Seeing those creatures means that your tank/system is alive.
So not seeing them means somthing’s wrong?
Hello,
I don’t see the tunze wavebox anymore in your tank.
Did you ditch it?
how do you like the vortech?
Mark:
Thanks for all you offer. I have a 125 gallon reef with medium load and EcoSystem Refugiam. I want to get the SWC 160 but the last chamber in the refugaim is only 6″ and too small for the Skimmer. Either I need to go with an external or rework the refugiam to reduce the mud/algae area. What are your thoughts and THANK YOU!
I believe I have absolutly no amphipods, copepods in my tank seems unusual to me. So how can I get them growing?