How long will the amphpods survive?

fishgate · 02/20/2012, 03:27 PM

I got a bottle of amphipods - around 200+ in order to start a separate refugium to cultivate them as food for my main tank. I wanted to rethink how I was going to do the refugium so I just took the hit and dumped the entire bottle into the display tank. I did it late at night when the fishies were sleeping. What are the chances that they will survive and possibly even thrive? I think their only real predator is a single scooter blenny.

On another note, I got some live brine shrimp and put a small net-full into the tank. Maybe 50 or so. The fish got full and they were swimming around without being predated. I didn't see any this morning. Is there a chance they are hiding and maybe will establish a colony? Or is there no chance of this happening with brine shrimp in a tank with predators?

walkthedog · 02/20/2012, 04:35 PM

I would say that the amphipods have a good chance of making it. 3 things to think about here. Do the amphipods have a food source? What predators? What filters you have. (Filters, Filter Socks, etc.) could remove them. If you have lots of rock and sand than I would say they might make it. Hard to tell.

The live brine shrimp are doomed and will get ate.

02/20/2012, 03:27 PM	#1
fishgate Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Damascus, MD Posts: 3,340	How long will the amphpods survive? I got a bottle of amphipods - around 200+ in order to start a separate refugium to cultivate them as food for my main tank. I wanted to rethink how I was going to do the refugium so I just took the hit and dumped the entire bottle into the display tank. I did it late at night when the fishies were sleeping. What are the chances that they will survive and possibly even thrive? I think their only real predator is a single scooter blenny. On another note, I got some live brine shrimp and put a small net-full into the tank. Maybe 50 or so. The fish got full and they were swimming around without being predated. I didn't see any this morning. Is there a chance they are hiding and maybe will establish a colony? Or is there no chance of this happening with brine shrimp in a tank with predators? __________________ 125RR in-wall, 40B Sump, CS180 BM Skimmer, ATI 4x80 watt, eheim 1262, custom wrap around rock wall, ReefKeeper Elite 120g in-wall, 40B Sump, PC 54wx4, Jabao DC-6000 (full siphon), future seahorse t Current Tank Info: 125g, 120g, 2x40b sumps, ATI 4x80 T5HO

02/20/2012, 04:35 PM	#2
walkthedog Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Charlotte,NC Posts: 370	I would say that the amphipods have a good chance of making it. 3 things to think about here. Do the amphipods have a food source? What predators? What filters you have. (Filters, Filter Socks, etc.) could remove them. If you have lots of rock and sand than I would say they might make it. Hard to tell. The live brine shrimp are doomed and will get ate.