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Contamined copepod culture
Oops, I have cross-contaminated my copepod (Nitokra lacustris frpm essentail live feeds) culturing tank with brine shrimp-probably from culturing BBS in proximity. Bad husbandry on my part for sure, but will the artemia decimate my 'pods? I'll try siphoning them out but any input would be greatly appreciated.
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Would a 53 micron filter work? How big do copepods grow?
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The Brine shrimp are past the Instar I stage and are quite large. I didn't notice them earlier because the greenwater culture hid them.
I basically drained the entire culture through a very fine net , sieved out the brine shrimp and am hoping the copecods passed through. Copepods size according to quick research ~100uM nauplii to ~1000uM adult... http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issu...3/breeder2.htm
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