Theo:
Copepods are small creatures that will not harm your
fishes in any way (or at least the ones that live in my tank), as far as i know
they get into the tank with the live rock or the substrate, usually you won´t
see lots of them because your fishes control their population by eating each and
every one they see. What is happening in your tank is due to the abscence of
fishes, they reproduce out of control and with the abscence of predators the
population will continue to plague your tank.
The
only thing you need to do is to introduce fishes, they will do all the work.
Mandarin fishes feed mostly on copepods, any wrasse will also
help.
Don´t
worry, copepods live in all tanks although we don´t see them many
times.
Marco
-----Original Message-----
From: Theo Bosdas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Viernes, 24 de Agosto de 2001 12:33 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Serious Copepod problem!?Hi all,Maybe the list is not the appropriate to describe the problem I currently have in an aquarium, but I'm looking desperately for an advice. So I would deeply appreciate if you could help me with the following problem:
I have a 120gal marine only tank with just a few corals and fishes in it. Unfortunately, a disease appeared in the aquarium, and after a short period, even if I followed some medication (invert-safe), I lost all of my fishes. I moved the corals to a quarantine tank where they continue to thrive. During this period, no other fish was added. However, I installed a UV lamp.
What happened, is that after a couple of weeks copepods (probably of the genus calanoid copepod) appeared out of the blue in the aquarium. Since then, they have "colonized" my tank.What can I do to get rid of this creatures?
Could they become dangerous to my future live stock?
Are there any fishes which could "take care" of them?
Is there any chance the copepods could strike back, i.e. appear again for a particular reason that I;m ignorant of?
Thank you in advance for your immediate reply,
Theo
