Bulldawg Reef Copepod 3 Species

Zooplankton With all zooplankton bottles it’s common to get some mulm in the bottles. Mulm can be beneficial as it provides a food source for various decomposers and detritivores in the tank, including smaller copepods, which helps maintain a balanced ecosystem. Mulm is organic material, detritus, excrement, molts, and dead pods (dead pods are minimal but some are to be expected). This is harmless to customers’ tanks and contains some beneficial bacteria. Tisbes’ molt as well and will settle to the bottom of the bottle. Zooplankton will aggregate towards light or a white surface. It’s best to store them on a nonwhite surface to avoid them clumping on the bottom. Storing our pods: Ideally, they are stored on the counter with the tops off for oxygen. They can last 2 weeks that way, longer if fed some phytoplankton when the bottle clears, and even longer if an airline is added. They can also be stored in the fridge; however, we are not big fans of it, it slows down the pods, and 2 of the 3 species just end up looking dead until the bottle warms up.