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Collecting Pods
I cut 2 small Leather frags this morning but was too busy to mount them. So I put them in a shot glass and placed it in my Cheato to hold it in place until I got around to it. I just pulled the shot glass out and look what was in there. Looks like I found an easy way to catch pods and Mysis.

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05-13-2008, 11:12 PM
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lol so thats what those things are that ive been trying to kill this whole time in my sump where all my chaeto is?
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05-13-2008, 11:13 PM
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Nice going Dave! Fresh live food for your fishies .gif)
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05-13-2008, 11:17 PM
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Nice going Dave! Fresh live food for your fishies .gif)
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fish eat that? not mine those things i see them running around all over the place on my rocks!
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05-13-2008, 11:18 PM
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lol so thats what those things are that ive been trying to kill this whole time in my sump where all my chaeto is?
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05-13-2008, 11:31 PM
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fish eat that? not mine those things i see them running around all over the place on my rocks!
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Those "Things" are what keeps my DFP's alive!
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05-13-2008, 11:51 PM
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Those "Things" are what keeps my DFP's alive!
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dfp? whats that?
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05-14-2008, 12:06 AM
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lol so thats what those things are that ive been trying to kill this whole time in my sump where all my chaeto is?
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Rob Rob Rob , the fumes are really getting to you. why would you want to kill them  I can just see you trying to catch one of them. 
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05-14-2008, 12:06 AM
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I want some!
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05-14-2008, 09:15 AM
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Rob Rob Rob , the fumes are really getting to you. why would you want to kill them  I can just see you trying to catch one of them. 
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I thought they were cucarachas so I got my turkey baster and sucked them all right oit of a hole they were in.
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05-14-2008, 10:05 AM
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dfp? whats that?
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Dragon Faced Pipefish.
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05-16-2008, 09:15 PM
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Pay no attention to them Rob, those things are horrible. You will want to save them all up and send them down to me....  Get a mandarin rob and they will go away.
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05-16-2008, 09:16 PM
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Hey you guys want to know how to catch them by the thousands...outside of your tank and bring them home?
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05-16-2008, 09:57 PM
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Shoot I do. Maloney man if you can hook up some pods for a good price then hit me up. I don't like paying 20 bucks for a water bottle full of nothing
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:Ummmmmm what kinda chalice is that???
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: sorry i dont have a name for it , make one up ,,,,The grass is on fire, Green and red eyed monster, Bloody Green day
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05-16-2008, 10:09 PM
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I am not sure on how I would go about shipping them. I have been thinking about selling them, but I like the bottle idea. Just easier than rounding up a bunch of pods come shipping day. Anyway you live in Florida tsouth, time to do your own catching.
Here is how to catch copepods:
Sandy beaches work, but the best is mud flats if you have them nearby. Look for "wrack", a term for washed up seaweed if you are unfamiliar. Eelgrass is the best, and is very common on the mudflats.The stuff on mud flats at low tide is the best. It has to be somewhat moist. When you find a good amount, (maybe a storm or high wind earlier in the week), brush your hand through it, when you see things jumping off it congrats you found copepods. (They may seem like gnats at first, they are not) Stick the entire bit of wrack in a bucket and pull out the seaweed bits one by one, and give them a brush on the way up, it will get the copepods off.
Happy hunting!
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05-16-2008, 11:11 PM
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Can this be found on the st johns river or doctors lake by any chance?
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05-18-2008, 10:08 PM
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Maybe by the mouths of the river on a high tide. I think those areas are too fresh. Aren't you in Jacksonville?
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05-18-2008, 11:29 PM
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I am not sure on how I would go about shipping them. I have been thinking about selling them, but I like the bottle idea. Just easier than rounding up a bunch of pods come shipping day. Anyway you live in Florida tsouth, time to do your own catching.
Here is how to catch copepods:
Sandy beaches work, but the best is mud flats if you have them nearby. Look for "wrack", a term for washed up seaweed if you are unfamiliar. Eelgrass is the best, and is very common on the mudflats.The stuff on mud flats at low tide is the best. It has to be somewhat moist. When you find a good amount, (maybe a storm or high wind earlier in the week), brush your hand through it, when you see things jumping off it congrats you found copepods. (They may seem like gnats at first, they are not) Stick the entire bit of wrack in a bucket and pull out the seaweed bits one by one, and give them a brush on the way up, it will get the copepods off.
Happy hunting!
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Send me a lot !
 you are getting hit with it again 
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What do you want a pic of? Not familiar with copepods yet deep? 
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