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You are here: Home / Copepods / Pods In Your Reef: Seeding a Marine Aquarium with Copepods
pods in your reef, here is a tigriopus copepod

Pods In Your Reef: Seeding a Marine Aquarium with Copepods

by Kenneth Wingerter

Benefits of Pods In Your Reef:

Microcrustaceans (or “pods”) in general, and copepods in particular, are an integral component of aquatic food webs. This is so in virtually every marine environment including coral reef habitats. Therefore, pods in your reef are a healthful addition to any reef aquarium. Lucky, a handful of useful copepod species has become available to reef aquarists for this purpose. Aquaculturists at AlgaeBarn have in fact focused their work on these highly specialized live foods. Consequently, any aquarium hobbyist can acquire a subscription for regularly scheduled deliveries of high-quality live pods. Truly, AlgaeBarn has made it a lot easier for any reef aquarist to sanguinely use the term “pod” as a verb.

This is not a trivial development. It is equally important from an ecological perspective to add pods to your reef than it is to inoculate it with “good” bacteria. An aquarist might add pods in your reef to “seed” it and establish a reproductive population. They might also boost pod populations from time to time by making regular additions (perhaps by subscription). How would you know if you needed more pods in your reef? Are there not many pods visible on the glass and rocks? Is any unwanted film algae or detritus present? Then yes, your tank is ready for a substantial population boost.

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Time for Pods In Your Reef

Tigriopus Copepod in Your Reef
A diversity of “pods” can improve conditions in marine aquaria.

There is never a bad time to seed your reef with pods. However, the best time to seed is when the nitrogen cycle has stabilized in a newly set up system. At this time, nitrate build-ups have very likely resulted in the growth of undesirable benthic algae. Algal films provide a great food source for copepods that have a benthic adult phase (e.g Tigriopus and Tisbe). These unsightly algal growths will decline as the pod population grows. The pod population size will stabilize after nitrate levels (and thus the algal growth rate) have leveled off. It should only make sense that copepods are best added in the earliest stages of a reef aquarium system set-up; they form the base of the food chain in the natural marine environment.

Certain unfortunate events (death/decay of animals within the tank, accidental over-feedings, etc.) can occur. These disturbances may lead to algal plagues down the road. In such cases, pod additions can mitigate many adverse effects (e.g. detritus build-ups, benthic algal blooms). Typically, there is a sizeable accumulation of detritus and algal biomass in a tank that has running for a while. The pod density might skyrocket when first added to a “dirty” system. Once the offending matter has begun to disappear, the pod population will naturally drop back to its former level. Pod numbers might also drop due to predation. A well-developed system will oftentimes house an abundance and diversity of planktivorous livestock. These creatures will surely welcome any number of pods that you might add. Predation is a great way to lose pods!

Feeding your Copepods

A less than ideal way of losing pods is through starvation. It is quite possible for pods to starve in a reef aquarium. This can happen even if there is a rich source of food growing on or settled out over the tank bottom. Why? Because the vast majority of pods undergo a pelagic stage during their development. Often, this is during the larval development phase. At this stage, larval crustaceans (i.e. nauplii) feed heavily upon microalgae suspended in the water column.

There might be some phytoplankton floating about in the aquarium waters. However, much phyto is trapped in mechanical filters or killed in UV sterilizers. This leaves little phyto for the hungry nauplii. In many cases, it is simply not a sustainable arrangement and the pod population crashes. Copepods are incredibly tough and adaptable. Even so, they are ravenous little creatures and must have access to rich food sources to thrive and multiply.

Die-outs such as these are avoidable with the regular addition of live phytoplankton. Frequent “phyto” supplementation also promotes big, stable populations of highly nutritious pods. It is for this very reason that a premium live phyto product (OceanMagik™) is offered in combination with AlgaeBarn pod subscriptions. What is especially important is that the aquarist adds phyto whenever adding pods to their reef system to control. This is especially so when used for benthic algal blooms. It might seem rather counter-intuitive to add algae to get rid of algae. But one should remember that there must be a suitable density of nutritious phytoplankton present for pods to successfully complete their life cycles.

Let Them Eat Pods

One of the most unique—and indeed desirable—aspects of AlgaeBarn live copepod products is that they include individuals in every life stage. This presents numerous advantages. For example, these mixed-life stage products contain individuals of various sizes. Thus, they are immediately useful as food for filter-feeding animals with a broad range of preferred food particle sizes.

But the primary advantage of adding pods of various life stages becomes apparent just after seeding or boosting a reef tank. Large pods are great for feeding, but if you aim to seed your tank to build a population, you want pods of all ages. Products of this kind promote rapid and steady population booms. As they contain individuals in the earliest stages of development, they are best used alongside a live phyto product.

Corals & Pods in Your Reef
Pods can greatly enhance the diet of corals, improving both health and growth rates.

Since the advent of copepods and phytoplankton by subscription, it has never been easier to add pods to your reef aquarium. An aquarist might seed a reef tank with pods to add to their clean-up crew. A subscription for a mix of benthic copepod species (e.g. Poseidon’s Feast) is ideal for this purpose. This product is also great for use in Fish Only With Live Rock (FOWLR) systems. Aquarists who keep a large number of zooplanktivorous fish or invertebrates may opt for a mix that includes copepods that are planktonic as adults (e.g. 5280 Pods). Both of these products are best utilized in conjunction with live phytoplankton. A subscription to the 5280 Pods & OceanMagik Phyto Combo satisfies these needs efficiently and economically. Now, adding pods to your reef is as simple as pushing a button!

 

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Hunter T. Villarreal says

    September 20, 2017 at 10:31 pm

    I am very new to copepods and was wondering what combination you would recommend. I have a 24 gallon cube and 8 gallon sump that is on week 8 and have added fish and clean up crew. Would 5280 be best due to the diversity of the copepod population to seed my tank? I was also wondering If even the smallest size would be to large for how small my tank is and could having too high of a population be a bad thing?

    Thank you for you help,

    Hunter

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    • zadok jollie says

      July 10, 2019 at 8:22 pm

      Very useful information. Thanks!

      Reply
    • Brett says

      July 30, 2019 at 12:01 pm

      I love having a pod culture in my sump. It’s a great natural supply of food to the tank

      Reply
  2. Andrew says

    July 3, 2019 at 2:50 pm

    Sweet!

    Reply
  3. Andrew says

    July 3, 2019 at 2:51 pm

    Sweet!!!!

    Reply
  4. polygonreef says

    July 3, 2019 at 2:52 pm

    Very interesting indeed!

    Reply
  5. Sally says

    July 3, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    I have been seeding with varios species of pods from Algae Barn…..love to see the little critters en mass during lights out! Next I need a couple of Mandarins!!!

    Reply
  6. Jason W Beguhn says

    July 3, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    I love that my LFS carries Algae Barn products cause thats how I seeded my tank with pods.

    Reply
  7. Michael says

    July 3, 2019 at 3:34 pm

    Some great info, thank you!

    Reply
  8. Compy Ginorio says

    July 3, 2019 at 4:37 pm

    I see my tank every other month or so. My corals and fishes love to graze in special my wrasse they keep them busy, healthy and happy.

    Reply
  9. Jeremy says

    July 3, 2019 at 5:45 pm

    Pods

    Reply
  10. Jose says

    July 3, 2019 at 6:25 pm

    Thanks for the info

    Reply
  11. Eduardo Govea says

    July 3, 2019 at 7:40 pm

    Thanos for all the excellent products Algeabarn offers.

    Reply
  12. robert vice says

    July 3, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    seeded my tank yesterday

    Reply
  13. Taylor hahn says

    July 3, 2019 at 9:11 pm

    Very informative!

    Reply
  14. Cole B Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:48 pm

    I need more pods for my reef, kinda wants to get a big enough culture for a manderine (however you spell it.)

    Reply
  15. Cole Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:50 pm

    i need to seed my new reef with some pods.

    Reply
  16. Cole Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:52 pm

    woah not sure why it posted my comments 4 different times even though it kept saying comment failed to post haha

    Reply
    • roguereef94 says

      July 12, 2019 at 10:52 am

      This great information, a deeper look into the bio organism.

      Reply
  17. Jered Hedrick says

    July 4, 2019 at 4:18 am

    Just ordered 3 types of pods and chato to add to our tank. Restarting a 93 gallon cube after a cross country move.

    With our quick start bacteria and Florida gulf wet rock we’re now looking to plant pods and chato to get out tank solid and stabile running.

    Can’t wait for this positive growth and addition to the tank.

    Reply
  18. Jose Pacheco says

    July 4, 2019 at 5:23 am

    Nice info, thanks algae barn!!!

    Reply
  19. John key says

    July 4, 2019 at 7:39 am

    Good info! No I know why I don’t see pods in my tank. I think I starved them out. I’ll be needing some new ones and some food for them!

    Reply
  20. Steven Lombardi says

    July 4, 2019 at 8:23 am

    Anytime I see pods in my tank, I know it is thriving!

    Reply
  21. artaa1988 says

    July 4, 2019 at 10:06 am

    love seeing pods in my tank

    Reply
  22. Jessica says

    July 4, 2019 at 10:48 am

    I wish I would have found this article when I first started out. Great information!

    Reply
  23. sdemarco62 says

    July 4, 2019 at 3:03 pm

    New to the pod and learning. Just seeded my tank a week ago thanks to Algar Barn.

    Reply
  24. Robert says

    July 4, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    This information would have been very helpful to me when I first started. 2 years later I met sean and my reef exploded always amazing information thanks guys

    Reply
  25. Stephen C Frederickson says

    July 4, 2019 at 3:55 pm

    I like the total ecosystem approach.

    Reply
  26. Martin Oldham says

    July 4, 2019 at 4:00 pm

    sweet

    Reply
  27. RICHARD W SMITH JR says

    July 4, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    It’s definitely time to pod my reef. Thanks for the order of Macro I got 2 weeks ago. It lit my fuge up beautifully!

    And thanks for the treat too 😉

    Reply
  28. rachel chadwell says

    July 4, 2019 at 7:06 pm

    I have noticed faster growth and better coral health and coloration ever since I have added copepods and dose phytoplankton.

    Reply
  29. Gabriel L Nguyen says

    July 4, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    Great article!

    Reply
  30. Wasabi says

    July 4, 2019 at 11:03 pm

    Thanks for all the advice 🙂

    Reply
  31. Ryan mcmillon says

    July 4, 2019 at 11:29 pm

    Thata the only thing I can keep alive pretty good with asterinas and hydroids also

    Reply
  32. Kyle says

    July 5, 2019 at 3:57 am

    Good Wright up very interesting

    Reply
  33. giddetm says

    July 5, 2019 at 4:47 am

    I love your products and website

    Reply
    • Matt Moline says

      July 5, 2019 at 8:28 pm

      Hi

      Reply
  34. Ellen S Imbrie says

    July 5, 2019 at 5:51 am

    Just ordered

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  35. Joseph E Bibisi says

    July 5, 2019 at 6:41 am

    Great giveaway!

    Reply
  36. Brad says

    July 5, 2019 at 7:06 am

    This is great info. Thanks

    Reply
  37. Rich Knox says

    July 5, 2019 at 4:39 pm

    Very cool, this is a great article

    Reply
  38. snowseifert says

    July 5, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    Great info!

    Reply
  39. Evan says

    July 5, 2019 at 8:06 pm

    Woah, great information

    Reply
  40. Matt Moline says

    July 5, 2019 at 8:29 pm

    Thanks

    Reply
  41. david says

    July 6, 2019 at 6:50 am

    Just got some Tiger Pods from my LFS. They’re fantastic.

    Reply
  42. david says

    July 6, 2019 at 7:00 am

    Looking forward to the benefits my reef will get.

    Reply
  43. angelyrojas23 says

    July 6, 2019 at 9:51 am

    Best pods and algae info

    Reply
  44. Neil Drury says

    July 6, 2019 at 10:30 pm

    I have been seeding my tank and refugium with pods for a few months. They are thriving.

    Reply
  45. Neil Drury says

    July 6, 2019 at 10:30 pm

    I have been seeding my tank and refugium with pods for a few months. They are thriving.

    Reply
  46. Drew says

    July 7, 2019 at 10:08 am

    Awesome!

    Reply
  47. Jeff B says

    July 7, 2019 at 1:47 pm

    My wrasses love pods, the more the better!

    Reply
  48. Theodore Haider says

    July 8, 2019 at 8:44 am

    Sweet

    Reply
  49. Yakov Elizarov says

    July 8, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    Your pods are the best. I was able to quickly seed my aquarium

    Reply
  50. Yakov Elizarov says

    July 8, 2019 at 3:41 pm

    Love the products and the jars they come in

    Reply
  51. Tyler.gore.90 says

    July 8, 2019 at 6:27 pm

    This is such an important part of adding to the biodiversity of a reef aquarium and overall success of a tank.

    Reply
  52. Adam says

    July 8, 2019 at 8:40 pm

    Super lit ??

    Reply
  53. motor795 says

    July 8, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    Interesting didn’t know alot

    Reply
  54. sdemarco62 says

    July 9, 2019 at 6:44 am

    Still new to this but learning a lot. The learn section on the site is packed with info.

    Reply
  55. Cole Goracke says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:54 am

    If culturing Pods on your own, which would you go with, the 5280? I hear that eventually one species will prevail and overtake the culture, is this true?

    Reply
  56. wrx777 says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Very cool, i would love to seed my tank with pods and eventually have a mandarin, once the population is healthy and steady.

    Reply
  57. ReeferReefer says

    July 9, 2019 at 10:05 am

    I find that benthic pods do much better than pelagic pods.

    Reply
  58. Finn says

    July 9, 2019 at 11:03 am

    Pods for lyf

    Reply
    • zadok jollie says

      July 10, 2019 at 8:29 pm

      Very useful informantion. Thanks.

      Reply
  59. Justin says

    July 9, 2019 at 11:25 am

    My tank needs Algae Barn products!

    Reply
  60. David Hillen says

    July 9, 2019 at 3:47 pm

    I have been using Algae Barn products for quite awhile now

    Reply
  61. Chas Johnson says

    July 9, 2019 at 6:00 pm

    I want a prize

    Reply
  62. WILLIAM WAHL says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    The pods/phyto combos from algaebarn are a great way to jumpstart a new tank or even invigorate an established reef!

    Reply
  63. WILLIAM WAHL says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:12 pm

    I love algaebarn!

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  64. ecgdc31 says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:47 pm

    Great products

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  65. chris.singelman says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:54 pm

    Great article. I learned a lot.

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    • Steven Semeniuk says

      July 15, 2019 at 8:18 am

      Thanks for all the great info!!

      Reply
  66. r_nealis says

    July 10, 2019 at 5:43 am

    There is never a bad time to add pods. love these little critters.

    Reply
  67. zadok jollie says

    July 10, 2019 at 8:26 pm

    Useful information. Thanks.

    Reply
  68. Brian Kaye says

    July 13, 2019 at 5:20 am

    Thanks for the info!

    Reply
  69. Sean Simkins says

    July 13, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Just gonna go ahead and keep restocking whether I need to or not I guess, can never be too safe with these

    Reply
  70. Sean Simkins says

    July 13, 2019 at 4:13 pm

    Just gonna go ahead and keep restocking whether I need to or not I guess, can never be too safe with these

    Reply
  71. Douglas putt says

    July 15, 2019 at 8:34 am

    very cool

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  72. Doug putt says

    July 15, 2019 at 8:37 am

    sweet!

    Reply
  73. David says

    July 15, 2019 at 3:27 pm

    Should I turn off my UV sterilizer to help my pods grow? If it’s killing their food, that doesn’t seem ideal.

    Reply
  74. Michael Wahl says

    July 16, 2019 at 12:47 am

    Excellent article on seeding a new reef.

    Reply
    • Debbie Bybee says

      July 29, 2019 at 9:11 pm

      Great article. I need to add copepods for the corals and fish.

      Reply
  75. danieoue says

    July 17, 2019 at 7:31 am

    useful information. Thanks!

    Reply
  76. Scott Chase says

    July 18, 2019 at 9:14 am

    Starting strong is key to keeping a reef see why to many that are sterile anymore with people wondering why they fail to thrive

    Reply
  77. JW says

    July 18, 2019 at 11:28 am

    Thank you, I was actually wondering if there was a way to do this!!

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  78. Becky says

    July 22, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    I will be restocking soon!

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  79. Becky says

    July 22, 2019 at 3:38 pm

    I will be restocking soon!

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  80. eric m sear says

    July 22, 2019 at 5:57 pm

    sweet dreams

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  81. james says

    July 23, 2019 at 2:16 am

    might try to add some when it cools down a bit

    Reply
  82. Allen says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:29 am

    These kits are awesome

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  83. Allen says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:29 am

    Awesome

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  84. Allen says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:30 am

    I want this kit

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  85. hwarrenfeltz says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:41 am

    cool

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  86. hwarrenfeltz says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:42 am

    fun

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  87. Allen says

    July 23, 2019 at 10:00 am

    Very informative

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  88. Tara Fuller says

    July 23, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    Great info!

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  89. allison Dale lisney says

    July 24, 2019 at 12:03 pm

    4204 Pepper Drive

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  90. mamucher says

    July 24, 2019 at 6:10 pm

    Great information

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  91. Ak Reefer says

    July 29, 2019 at 7:41 am

    Very useful information

    Reply
  92. Kelly Tompkins says

    July 29, 2019 at 10:19 am

    Do pods naturally make their way to the display tank from the refugium?

    Reply
  93. Joshua Andersen says

    July 29, 2019 at 10:29 pm

    I used all Algae Barn products to seed my refugium and it has taken off and helped to control the nutrients in my tank

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  94. CANDICE FONG says

    July 30, 2019 at 12:14 pm

    thanks for all the great articles on pods!

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  95. Matthew Lucero says

    July 30, 2019 at 8:17 pm

    def need to get an order in.

    Reply
  96. Matthew Lucero says

    July 30, 2019 at 8:20 pm

    super job. keep it up

    Reply
  97. Tim J says

    July 31, 2019 at 9:31 am

    This is such a great way to form the basis of a biodiverse reef tank!

    Reply
  98. Bobby Daniels says

    July 31, 2019 at 9:51 am

    Great giveaway

    Reply
  99. Melanie says

    July 31, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    Great to seed your tank with pods. Especially if you plan on having a mandarin in your tank.

    Reply
  100. Stacey Perry says

    August 1, 2019 at 1:44 am

    ?

    Reply
  101. Stacey Perry says

    August 1, 2019 at 1:45 am

    I seeded not only my DT but my fuge as well. Great pods!

    Reply
  102. Tami says

    August 1, 2019 at 5:09 am

    Going to be following this in the new system!

    Reply
  103. Alex Lin says

    August 1, 2019 at 7:46 pm

    learned a lot !! great post!!

    Reply
  104. lawrence zapata says

    August 1, 2019 at 8:42 pm

    Pods are great for your aquarium. Waiting a little while longer to get a mandarin goby.

    Reply
  105. Justin says

    August 2, 2019 at 12:40 pm

    Thank you!

    Reply
  106. Tony Holliday says

    August 2, 2019 at 2:23 pm

    I seeded my aquarium with live rock.

    Reply
  107. Karlo says

    December 4, 2020 at 3:21 pm

    It’s wintertime here in the east coast and it looks like the copepods I ordered will take about a week to arrive. I have two questions. First, will they even be alive after being transported in freezing conditions? Second, I run two FX6 canister filters in my reef tank. Will they just suck up all the copepods?

    Reply
  108. Sanele Mbokazi says

    February 7, 2022 at 10:40 am

    Need my coral pod subscription code

    Reply

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