Name: Tig Pods
SKU: PODS-TIG-16
Price: 30.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Different pod sizes by design
All of our jars contain a range of juvenile to adult copepods. The adults are consumed quickly, while the younger copepods reproduce & establish a sustainable copepod population in your saltwater tank!

All adult pods look great in the jar, but are consumed immediately upon addition to the tank. Using all adult pods make a great one-time food source but doesn’t provide the benefits of a consistent pod population!

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Pods & Phyto - The perfect combo
Like all living things, AlgaeBarn Copepods need a consistent food source to survive & reproduce - and nothing works better than our OceanMagik Phytoplankton - 4 specie blend! We use it as the primary food source to breed and raise all of our copepods before we send them to you!

The 4 species of phytoplankton in Oceanmagik provide maximum bio-diversity for the copepods, fish & coral in your tank - so they can thrive like never before!

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More About Tig Pods

How Do Tig Pods benefit My Tank? +

Copepods compose an essential part of any marine ecosystem. They scavenge waste while feeding corals and serving as a delicious snack for fish.

How Do I acclimate my Tig Pods upon arrival? +

We recommend floating the jars of Poseidon's Feast for about 10 minutes before use. We recommend taking out filter socks for a minimum of 2 days. There is no need to drip acclimate or match salinities.

Will Tig Pods reproduce in my tank? +

Tig Pods are 100% viable. They will eat detritus, left over fish food, nuisance algae, and phytoplankton.

How should I add Tig Pods? +

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How many Tig Pods do I need for my tank +

We typically recommend 1 peppermint shrimp per 10 gallons of tank volume. They are hard to overstock. If sufficent food is not available, we recommend feeding them pellets or frozen food.

How frequently should I add Tig Pods to my tank? +

If you have heavy pod eaters, we recommend adding Tig pods once per month to keep the genetics refreshed and keep your population strong.

Tig Pods

Each 16oz portion of Tig Pods contains 3000+ LIVE Tigriopus Copepods ranging from nauplii to adult sizes. Tig Pods are great for seeding new tanks and refugiums, boosting existing populations, or feeding finicky fish & inverts such as Mandarins, Seahorses, Anthias, Wrasses, SPS, LPS & NPS Corals, Clams, and most other filter-feeding inverts.

Tigriopus Californicus

Large, red, and packed with omega-3 fatty and amino acids, Tigriopus copepods make a nutritious meal for even the pickiest of fish. These pods have a habit of swimming into the water column and jerk around when they move. This makes them an especially attractive target for the zooplanktivorous fishes in your tank! Having evolved in the absence of most predators (i.e. tide pools), it is quite naive and easily captured by slower fishes (dragonettes, seahorses, etc.). The miniscule larvae are fully pelagic, proving a very high-quality food source for planktivores such as corals. Females will lay hundreds of eggs during their life cycle. The new population adds to your "Clean-Up Crew" by consuming detritus, unwanted algae and phytoplankton in your aquarium. One notable thing about this copepod is its toughness. Native to shallow pools, it is adapted to withstand acidity, hypoxia, extremely high or low temperatures, etc. that may rapidly develop in these stagnant waters. As such it is a good pioneer for use in newly set up aquarium systems. Our Tig Pods are 100% viable to reproduce in marine aquaria. We recommend using them with our high-quality OceanMagik LIVE Phytoplankton Blend. Together, they will establish and maintain the healthiest copepod populations in your tank. PLEASE NOTE: Tig Pods contains a range of juvenile to adult copepods. Juvenile copepods are difficult to see with the naked eye upon arrival, but are best for establishing sustainable copepod populations. This is because livestock do not consume the copepods immediately after you add them into your tank!

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Our Guarantee

We take the worry out of buying Live Copepods, Phytoplankton, Inverts, and Captive Bred Fish online by going above and beyond to take care of our customers. That’s why we guarantee every order we ship will be 100% Alive On Arrival or we will replace it free of charge. Booya. We’ll even cover the shipping on the replacement no matter which service you choose. Double Booya.

About our policy: When your order arrives, be sure and inspect the contents to ensure everything is looking alive and well before you add them to your tank or put them in the fridge. We’ll give you 12 hours after delivery to make sure you are completely satisfied.

“We will take care of you and make it right”

If for any reason you decide something isn’t quite ultra grade, simply snap a photo of the unopened item(s) you would like replaced. Be sure to get the expiration date on the back label in the photo. After that, visit www.algaebarn.com/claims and submit the form. We’ll review the photo and have a replacement out to you faster than a six-line wrasse at feeding time.

Captive Bred Fish: We guarantee every Live Fish we ship to be 100% Alive On Arrival and we also offer a 7-day health guarantee on all Live Captive Bred Fish. In the event that your fish arrives DOA (Dead On Arrival), simply take a photo of the fish in the unopened bag/jar within 2 hours after delivery and visit www.algaebarn.com/claims to submit the form. If the fish is DOA, we will offer you a choice of either a full refund or a free replacement, including the shipping cost. If the fish expires from natural causes (this does not include being killed by tank mates, jumping out of the aquarium, being acclimated to the wrong environment, not being fed the recommended foods) within 7 days after delivery, just provide a picture of the expired fish and we will offer you a free replacement, however, you must pay for shipping, or a refund, less the shipping cost. We can offer this industry leading guarantee on all of our live fish because Captive Bred fish are generally healthier and hardier than their wild-caught counterparts!

Invertebrates: We guarantee every invertebrate (Invert) we ship to be 100% Alive On Arrival. In the event that your inverts arrive DOA, simply take photos of the DOA items within 2 hours of delivery and visit www.algaebarn.com/claims to submit the form. We will review the photos and issue store credit for any DOA Inverts!

Once your replacement order is processed, we’ll send you a brand new tracking number automatically. Thats it, pretty simple right?

So start giving your tank the love it deserves and order with confidence knowing that AlgaeBarn has your back.

Tig Pods

Tigriopus californicus