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04/16/2009, 02:17 PM
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Copepods*** are they important?
How important are copepods in your sump? what are the benefits they provide?
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04/16/2009, 02:20 PM
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If you have fish in your tank that like to eat pods than the sump is a great place to allow them to reproduce.
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04/16/2009, 02:22 PM
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I have detritius in my sump and they eat it
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04/16/2009, 02:25 PM
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I heard that copepods eat poops and stuff is that true?
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04/16/2009, 02:43 PM
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pods eat poop..... but pods poop too. THey can bind up nutrients... but they are not removing them. If there is a fish eating them they are a good food source.
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04/22/2009, 09:58 AM
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aren't their poop different? like how we breath out co2 and tree convert it into oxygen?
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04/22/2009, 11:03 AM
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I have never studied a copepod's poop, so could not coment on it, but here is a video of a copepod pooping
 Maybe these people who videoed it can comment....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keu4EsELYEU Anyway Copepods are benefical to any reef system, they are food for many things
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04/22/2009, 11:17 AM
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haha that's funny
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04/22/2009, 12:55 PM
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I don't know if you'd notice any difference with or without copepods in your tank, but I doubt you'd be able to keep them out of tank with live rock in it.
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04/22/2009, 01:18 PM
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they're good....they'll eat stuff your fish miss
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04/22/2009, 01:23 PM
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Wow that pod could use some more fiber in its diet!
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04/22/2009, 01:24 PM
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Hilarious, not that I watched it more than a few seconds, yuck
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04/22/2009, 01:32 PM
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it's like a car wreck...
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04/22/2009, 01:33 PM
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you can't help but look
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