I always love catching these things, they’re so easy to catch and they can survive and breed almost anywhere so taking care of them is incredibly easy. I make a ton of ecospheres with water in a pond near me and these guys always manage to find their way in, and it always amazes me.
I got a bunch of copepods in my shrimp tank with plants, algae and a nerite snail :) It's very fun to watch them interact and grow! Thanks for the info about them and about catching and breeding them!
I have a fishbowl with only moss and hair algae, sitting in daylight all day, and my little colony grows everyday, They are so happy. Nice video, New subscriber here.
I got a bunch of these in my tank by accident and I was worried, but it’s by far my cleanest tank now. They eat all of the algae and detritus and algae off of my sponge filter and plants. The sponge filter looks brand new except for these guys crawling on it and it’s been in there for months.
Same thing happened to me, I had so much algae was constantly cleaning my glass wall and all of the sudden these things started popping up, my algae is GONE! And no new grow, I’m amazed haha
I took a peek in my (recently started) shrimp tank today and saw that I had babies!! I was so excited because I’m new to this and I hope this means the shrimp love their new home! Well since I’ve been keeping an eye on my tank all day looking for more baby shrimp, I noticed what looked like little dancing dust. Based on the movements, they must be copepods! THEN I saw a hair-thin tiny worm and got worried about that but I am pretty sure that was a detritus worm. So I bought a handful of shrimp and most likely got a few other critters with them. Got worried but I figure as long as there’s no significant outbreak then they can be a part of my tanks ecosystem. Thanks for your video!
Thank you for this haha I just set up a new tank for a betta and I saw these swimming around and got scared, I suspect I got them from an Indian almond leaf I put in🤔
After my 10th attempt to keep daphnia alive I finally found out how to do it right. 3 weeks after, a cyclops bloom just wiped out hundreds of daphnia in only 24 hours. They eat them...
If they are water fleas, try turning out all the lights and put a spot light on the surface and it should attract them all to the surface to the light.
I got a few pest mts from petland a couple weeks ago to breed for my clown loaches to eat. It’s been 2 weeks and I noticed these little bugs around my mini sponge filter where I’m keeping the colony. They’re super fast and I specifically noticed them on the sponge filter. I’m thinking they’re these cyclops.
Do you have a video about setting up a good community tank? I'm thinking bladder snails, water fleas, duck weed and some kinda feeder shrimp? Would love a suggest on a good shrimp species to live with these guys. Ultimate goal is to culture live food to stalk my pond with in Indiana. Working hard to find native of closed to native species.
Did you end up getting this set up? I have had good luck with these type of set up, except for the shrimp part.lol if by "feeder shrimp" you mean ghost/glass shrimp, then I wouldn't put them in a set up you want a flourishing population of water fleas. They love to eat them and will grab them right from the water column.
Some online shops have special scoop and nets for them. I buy them in a French online shops specialized in natural tanks and equilibrium via critters, it's called Aquazolla, but there are probably other ones in your country.
im doing an ecosystem tank, just sunlight, everything gathered from outside for free, crayfish is the master of my snails plants are thriving cope pods and bacteria naturally spawning and well i added bubbles Im surprised i found cope pods thriving
I have cyclops, I take the water from the lake (in Paris area), and put it in my Red Cherries/guppies tank, and every one become crazy hunting them and feasting greedily with them.
Thanks for the vid. It was real helpful! I have these things in my baby guppy tank and I'm so glad their harmless. In fact, just saw a guppy fry eating one! haha
I have some peacock gugdeon fry. About 4 days old. Oh, no worries, their mom and dad is just busy making more fry, already. Anyway, I have about 3 copepod cultures, and I'm about to try and feed them to my little fry. TINY. LITTLE. FRY. Nobody in my area sells baby brine shrimp, or even the eggs, so this will have to do. Wish me luck.
I have a 10 gal shrimp tank that is just about overflowing with them and my hang in the back filter is thick with them. Should I move the shrimp out and put some nano fish to control the population or rid them?
I have about 10 copepods separated in a jar and after few mouth population looks same like at a begining. Im not sure why they won't multiply but i will continue testing with different foods
Currently don’t have any fish in my aquarium, I have live plants. I’ve noticed a few thousands of them swimming around. Also a few white tiny worms. What do I do? Are they going to start killing my plants? Do I need fish to take care of them? How can I get rid of them?
I’ve just noticed these in my cherryshrimp tank are these ok ? Just to leave in there. First time owning cherry shrimp mine have had babies so hard to clean tank
Are you sure copepods mean good water quality? I got them in my snail tank (raised to feed loach) which I never do water change, nor vacuum debris. Only topping off water. I have Fairy moss (Azolla) both as filter and food for the snail. That's it. Doesn't have Copepods in other tanks that I do regular maintenance.
Bearded Bob's Fishroom I’m pretty sure I have cyclops judging by the picture, but I took out some sponge media from a filter and found a bunch on the surface of the water in the container. But they are the size of a small grain of size, and I doubt my platys even see them. How did yours get to that size?
Bearded Bob's Fishroom okay, thanks! It just kinda creeps me out looking at my fish and then suddenly there’s a little bug on the glass staring back at me
My tank is "infested" with copepods. The bigger ones are easy to see. While I was looking at them, I was able to spot even more microscopic ones among the roots of my floating plants. Would need a microscope to tell what they are. Either case, I'd wager they're living off my buffet of green water... Turned my light down and hoping the plants will keep sucking up the nutrients and get it cleared up. But hey, if I ever have baby fish, I've got a great food supply. And I presume the cherry shrimp in there are eating them too, if they can catch em.
Can these thing be a reason why my Malaysian trumpet baby snails have been disappearing??? Or am I just over thinking things. I know they are harmless and beneficial, but I dint know if they are devouring my babies 😅
No, these only eat algae and microflora as far as I know. Trumpet snails tend to dig themselves down into the substrate and come out at night, so take a look at the tank after the lights have been off for a few hours.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 Thank you for that info! And yes, I still see some at night and some in the day, but ever since I added aquarium soil I've seen less overall, and I've seen some baby caraccas. Just got worried about those bugs, but thank you for clarifying that!
So I have one chichlid in a tank and the water just got FILLED with these copepods from a plant I put in 5 weeks ago and I have a few small snails now. My fish hasn’t been acting strangely or got an infection but now it is flooded with these things that I don’t really know what to do. If I put other fish in, he will attack them lol.
Actually, I had started an infusoria culture with cooked broccoli in a jar of water... And after a few weeks I had more copeods then I could count... All of it was actually accidental. As I was originally feeding my snails broccoli and I had left some water with the broccoli in a container after I had removed it from the tank.... I think if it sits long enough you get all sorts of things going... I always put a couple snails and some plants with them and it's a mini aquarium lmao
Great video. Is it safe for them to be in my betta tank? The only fish in there is the one betta fish, and he seems to have a good time hunting them, but I just want to be sure.
so copepods fresh water are the same with copepods in saltwater bec i have a freshwater tank that have critters that small hoping in the glass but my mothers saltwater tanks she bought a mandarin dragon the seler told her if your tank is established they would have copepods already but when i was looking the mandarin and the fish looking for food nothing there, im looking to the glass i never seen any of copepods like in my fresh water so i was wondering if i could put some to her tank if they can survived salt water if they are just the same?
Freshwater ones will not survive in salt, but I have seen on some websites where you can buy copepod starter cultures for saltwater. I would google it, and see what you can find!
So I recently just got two bottom feeders and I feel like they brought in these white bugs I have never had white bugs like this in my tanks this is a quarantine tank it's always cleaned out after every fish leaves it and so I don't know where these bugs would have came from but I'm pretty sure they came from my fish is there any way I can get rid of those white bugs
No, they will not harm your fish or shrimp. Start cutting back on the feeding, and it should help lower the quantity. The betta should start to eat them if you slow down on feedings too. Good luck, let me know how it goes.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 aye I just seen that. It is a peril. You need a way of being able to farm them in a tank you don't mind Hydra in. The difficulty will be harvesting them without transferring any Hydra.
I notice this while cycling my axolotl tank i did a water change and theres still quite a few how do i get rid of them or are they safe to have in the tank?
I would definitely keep them, I’m trying to get them to start populating my tank. Apart from being great food for my fish they also do some maintenance!
I am trying to identify what bugs are in my snail breeding tank all of a sudden. They are TINY you would need a microscope to really tell. But they are on the glass and then jump off the glass and swim around and then come back to the glass… they look like these but they are a darker brown color. I am very stressed and concerned all my snail eggs are disappearing. Do you have any idea what bugs they could be???
How do I get rid of them? I have a tank that I never feed but yet it’s got hundreds of thousands of them every time I google it says to not feed but I never feed this tank because of having them
Sounds like a good problem to have IMO! Baby guppies, tetras, rasboras and even Cory cats will take care of them fast. I believe that pea puffers will do this too, but I have no direct experience with them.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 it’s six months later and I’ve just let them be in every tank I never see my fish eat them tho I have guppies and all types of fish I actually have a nice little fishroom going 115 gallons in it right now in all never noticed them before but been in the hobby my whole life just never really looked super close I guess
I bred my betta and i noticed there are loads of white specs darting around the tank. I asked a breeder if they are betta babies as they are tiny specs and can be seen by light UPDATE: I rang a pet shop and explained to them as the parents are both white bettas and he said they are fry and look like dots as they are a few days old 🙈😂
I always love catching these things, they’re so easy to catch and they can survive and breed almost anywhere so taking care of them is incredibly easy. I make a ton of ecospheres with water in a pond near me and these guys always manage to find their way in, and it always amazes me.
They are fun to find!
I got a bunch of copepods in my shrimp tank with plants, algae and a nerite snail :) It's very fun to watch them interact and grow! Thanks for the info about them and about catching and breeding them!
I have a fishbowl with only moss and hair algae, sitting in daylight all day, and my little colony grows everyday, They are so happy. Nice video, New subscriber here.
I just got excited and thought my ghost shrimps had got it on...but no I've got water fleas. #failure
Lol, not a real failure! Great food for fish!
i guess it is kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good website to stream new tv shows online ?
I got a bunch of these in my tank by accident and I was worried, but it’s by far my cleanest tank now. They eat all of the algae and detritus and algae off of my sponge filter and plants. The sponge filter looks brand new except for these guys crawling on it and it’s been in there for months.
Same thing happened to me, I had so much algae was constantly cleaning my glass wall and all of the sudden these things started popping up, my algae is GONE! And no new grow, I’m amazed haha
I took a peek in my (recently started) shrimp tank today and saw that I had babies!! I was so excited because I’m new to this and I hope this means the shrimp love their new home! Well since I’ve been keeping an eye on my tank all day looking for more baby shrimp, I noticed what looked like little dancing dust. Based on the movements, they must be copepods! THEN I saw a hair-thin tiny worm and got worried about that but I am pretty sure that was a detritus worm. So I bought a handful of shrimp and most likely got a few other critters with them. Got worried but I figure as long as there’s no significant outbreak then they can be a part of my tanks ecosystem. Thanks for your video!
Update?
Thank you for this haha I just set up a new tank for a betta and I saw these swimming around and got scared, I suspect I got them from an Indian almond leaf I put in🤔
After my 10th attempt to keep daphnia alive I finally found out how to do it right.
3 weeks after, a cyclops bloom just wiped out hundreds of daphnia in only 24 hours.
They eat them...
If they are water fleas, try turning out all the lights and put a spot light on the surface and it should attract them all to the surface to the light.
Good idea! I may have to try this!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 please let me know if it is easier once you try it.
definitely gonna try this, i like this lil refugium setup, i have my breeder boxes setup the same way just no moss
I love catching them with the siphon. It’s pretty easy for me
I got a few pest mts from petland a couple weeks ago to breed for my clown loaches to eat. It’s been 2 weeks and I noticed these little bugs around my mini sponge filter where I’m keeping the colony. They’re super fast and I specifically noticed them on the sponge filter. I’m thinking they’re these cyclops.
More than likely, they are harmless, and a great food source for fry and small fish.
I love watching my coral red pencilfish hunt copepods. Great video Bob. 👍
Its fun to watch!
Water fleas are a different species (Daphnia), thank you so much for your very informative video :)
Do you have a video about setting up a good community tank? I'm thinking bladder snails, water fleas, duck weed and some kinda feeder shrimp? Would love a suggest on a good shrimp species to live with these guys. Ultimate goal is to culture live food to stalk my pond with in Indiana. Working hard to find native of closed to native species.
Did you end up getting this set up? I have had good luck with these type of set up, except for the shrimp part.lol if by "feeder shrimp" you mean ghost/glass shrimp, then I wouldn't put them in a set up you want a flourishing population of water fleas. They love to eat them and will grab them right from the water column.
I tried, ended up having an putbreak of hydra! Had to treat the tank and unfortunately lost the colony I had gained...
I accidentally found a way to catch these when I bought 400 nylon mesh net. Just scoop. Hope it helps!
Cool! Good idea
Some online shops have special scoop and nets for them. I buy them in a French online shops specialized in natural tanks and equilibrium via critters, it's called Aquazolla, but there are probably other ones in your country.
im doing an ecosystem tank, just sunlight,
everything gathered from outside for free,
crayfish is the master of my snails
plants are thriving
cope pods and bacteria naturally spawning
and well i added bubbles
Im surprised i found cope pods thriving
I have cyclops, I take the water from the lake (in Paris area), and put it in my Red Cherries/guppies tank, and every one become crazy hunting them and feasting greedily with them.
They look like white tiny alevine fish.
Hey what is the black gravel you use, and growth media for your plants? Great work keep it up.
I use eco complete in every tank except for 2!
How do they form, is it from left over food?
I had a bunch, did a few big water changes, and now I don't have nearly as many. :(
I do have some of various sizes so hopefully they come back!
Are those good or bad for my shrimp tank
They are no harm to the shrimp.
I just noticed these things in my guppy tank 😩 what to do?? The guppy fry doesn’t seem to be interested in them ☹️
The guppies will eat them eventually I believe.
Thanks for the vid. It was real helpful! I have these things in my baby guppy tank and I'm so glad their harmless. In fact, just saw a guppy fry eating one! haha
I got copepods in my cherry shrimp tank they go and and latch on my shrimps leggs should l be worried?
Doesnt sound like copepod behavior... if they are for sure copepods, then you should be okay. Google some pictures of freshwater copepods to be sure!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 thanks it looks the same
I have some peacock gugdeon fry. About 4 days old. Oh, no worries, their mom and dad is just busy making more fry, already. Anyway, I have about 3 copepod cultures, and I'm about to try and feed them to my little fry. TINY. LITTLE. FRY. Nobody in my area sells baby brine shrimp, or even the eggs, so this will have to do. Wish me luck.
Best of luck!!!! Let me know how it goes!
I have a 10 gal shrimp tank that is just about overflowing with them and my hang in the back filter is thick with them. Should I move the shrimp out and put some nano fish to control the population or rid them?
I have, in the past, added guppy fry into the tanks to eat them. Now I run tanks with both guppies and shrimp
I have about 10 copepods separated in a jar and after few mouth population looks same like at a begining. Im not sure why they won't multiply but i will continue testing with different foods
Currently don’t have any fish in my aquarium, I have live plants. I’ve noticed a few thousands of them swimming around. Also a few white tiny worms. What do I do? Are they going to start killing my plants? Do I need fish to take care of them? How can I get rid of them?
Do those little bugs, eat snails? I found them in my shrimp / snails tank a week ago, and it seems my snails are gone?
Great informative video.
Thanks!
How big u think baby shrimp is.. i worried to turn on my water pump
The shrimp should be fine as long as you have sponges covering the intake.
What kind of plant is that in the breeder box
I’ve just noticed these in my cherryshrimp tank are these ok ? Just to leave in there. First time owning cherry shrimp mine have had babies so hard to clean tank
Yes, they are harmless.
I have these in my betta tanks and I was freaking out. So if I put my platys fry in their they will eat them?
Yep, the fry will gobble them up!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 thank you so much.
No problem
How do i get rid of these, they killing my fish 😭😭😭
Man i have a shrimp in tank... and today i saw this litthle things... i unsure is it cyclip or babies shrimp newborn.. i never saw shrimplets before
If they get bigger, they are shrimp, they look like a spitting image of the parents, just mini. Cyclops stays very small.
Are you sure copepods mean good water quality? I got them in my snail tank (raised to feed loach) which I never do water change, nor vacuum debris. Only topping off water. I have Fairy moss (Azolla) both as filter and food for the snail. That's it. Doesn't have Copepods in other tanks that I do regular maintenance.
If there are fish, there probably won't be any copepods, fyi, as the fish will eat them.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 I don't have any frys, small fishes that eat these tiny creatures. Very weird.
Bearded Bob's Fishroom I’m pretty sure I have cyclops judging by the picture, but I took out some sponge media from a filter and found a bunch on the surface of the water in the container. But they are the size of a small grain of size, and I doubt my platys even see them. How did yours get to that size?
Mine feed off of algae and biofilm, just give them time to grow
Bearded Bob's Fishroom okay, thanks! It just kinda creeps me out looking at my fish and then suddenly there’s a little bug on the glass staring back at me
My tank is "infested" with copepods.
The bigger ones are easy to see. While I was looking at them, I was able to spot even more microscopic ones among the roots of my floating plants. Would need a microscope to tell what they are.
Either case, I'd wager they're living off my buffet of green water...
Turned my light down and hoping the plants will keep sucking up the nutrients and get it cleared up.
But hey, if I ever have baby fish, I've got a great food supply. And I presume the cherry shrimp in there are eating them too, if they can catch em.
Yep!
Can these thing be a reason why my Malaysian trumpet baby snails have been disappearing??? Or am I just over thinking things. I know they are harmless and beneficial, but I dint know if they are devouring my babies 😅
No, these only eat algae and microflora as far as I know. Trumpet snails tend to dig themselves down into the substrate and come out at night, so take a look at the tank after the lights have been off for a few hours.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 Thank you for that info! And yes, I still see some at night and some in the day, but ever since I added aquarium soil I've seen less overall, and I've seen some baby caraccas. Just got worried about those bugs, but thank you for clarifying that!
So I have one chichlid in a tank and the water just got FILLED with these copepods from a plant I put in 5 weeks ago and I have a few small snails now. My fish hasn’t been acting strangely or got an infection but now it is flooded with these things that I don’t really know what to do. If I put other fish in, he will attack them lol.
Me too help
How do you culture them. What do you feed them?
They will eat just about any fishfood, they also eat biofilm.
A very good question!
Can you tell us if you need to buy or find a "starter culture " to get them started or do they occur naturally?
For me, they came in on plants I ordered, i think you basically need them from somewhere else to get started.
Actually, I had started an infusoria culture with cooked broccoli in a jar of water... And after a few weeks I had more copeods then I could count... All of it was actually accidental. As I was originally feeding my snails broccoli and I had left some water with the broccoli in a container after I had removed it from the tank.... I think if it sits long enough you get all sorts of things going... I always put a couple snails and some plants with them and it's a mini aquarium lmao
Yes! This works great, better in the summer when you can put the jar open outside for a few days.
Great video. Is it safe for them to be in my betta tank? The only fish in there is the one betta fish, and he seems to have a good time hunting them, but I just want to be sure.
Yes! Fish love to hunt these guys down.
Bearded Bob's Fishroom great, thank you 😊
@@LM-rj8on no problem!
I currently have the darn things in my big tank , but iv read shrimp will eat them apparently lol
Not sure on that. But that would be good!
They are in my shrimp tank what should I do??
so copepods fresh water are the same with copepods in saltwater bec i have a freshwater tank that have critters that small hoping in the glass but my mothers saltwater tanks she bought a mandarin dragon the seler told her if your tank is established they would have copepods already but when i was looking the mandarin and the fish looking for food nothing there, im looking to the glass i never seen any of copepods like in my fresh water so i was wondering if i could put some to her tank if they can survived salt water if they are just the same?
Freshwater ones will not survive in salt, but I have seen on some websites where you can buy copepod starter cultures for saltwater. I would google it, and see what you can find!
I have these in my betta tank will it harm my betta?
Nope!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 thanks
What make is that breeder box and where did you find it?
Thats a marina brand and I got it on amazon. Once in a while on amazon, the price drops to only a few bucks! Keep an eye out!!
So I recently just got two bottom feeders and I feel like they brought in these white bugs I have never had white bugs like this in my tanks this is a quarantine tank it's always cleaned out after every fish leaves it and so I don't know where these bugs would have came from but I'm pretty sure they came from my fish is there any way I can get rid of those white bugs
These guys are fine to have in a tank, if you still don't want them, you can dump the water and dry out the substrate.
My minnows love eating them.
Can they hurt shrimp or bettas ? I have so many 🙀😳
No, they will not harm your fish or shrimp. Start cutting back on the feeding, and it should help lower the quantity. The betta should start to eat them if you slow down on feedings too. Good luck, let me know how it goes.
When I do water changes should I avoid putting the water that has these little guys into my sink or plants?
It depends which kind they are. I heard some shrimps didn't like ostracodes. But I would put them as they clean the tank and are living food.
Yeah. A free sustainable health food source. Hard to see a drawback.
Well, the new video I posted today shows 1 major drawback! Haha
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 aye I just seen that. It is a peril. You need a way of being able to farm them in a tank you don't mind Hydra in. The difficulty will be harvesting them without transferring any Hydra.
I think that will be key Daniel
Cyclops can also serve as intermediates for parasitic infections. Callamanus worms and tapeworms to name a couple...
I notice this while cycling my axolotl tank i did a water change and theres still quite a few how do i get rid of them or are they safe to have in the tank?
They are safe. No worries.
I would definitely keep them, I’m trying to get them to start populating my tank. Apart from being great food for my fish they also do some maintenance!
100%!
What are those water lilys called?
Not sure what plant you are referring to exactly, but I have a lot of crypts in most of the tanks, so that's what I think you are seeing?
I think it’s called duckweed
Oh, yep, just duckweed. If i could make money selling duckweed, id never have to work again! Haha
I have them in my blood parrot tank. Can someone help me with some info ? Is it ok ?
What do you need help with?
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 is it ok or do i need to clean it out completely?
They are perfectly fine. They will help keep the tank clean by feeding on microfauna. Thumbs up.
I am trying to identify what bugs are in my snail breeding tank all of a sudden. They are TINY you would need a microscope to really tell. But they are on the glass and then jump off the glass and swim around and then come back to the glass… they look like these but they are a darker brown color. I am very stressed and concerned all my snail eggs are disappearing. Do you have any idea what bugs they could be???
More than likely these are them, just maybe eating brown algae.
Where can I buy some freshwater pods
A google search brings up a few places, some are from laboratories and some come from companies selling live fish foods.
Bro does that small insects will harm my Betta fish please reply I have same insects like you in my tank reply please
Nope! Matter of fact. They will eat them and they're very nutritious!
Found these in my betta tank!
Nice!
So did I today! I thought my snail had reproduced.
Can it cause any disease for humans?
Not that I am aware of, but I am not a doctor, so please check with them if you are concerned for sure.
Will clown fish eat them
Yep
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 I’ve since seen them eating copepods plenty of times:)
How do I get rid of them? I have a tank that I never feed but yet it’s got hundreds of thousands of them every time I google it says to not feed but I never feed this tank because of having them
Sounds like a good problem to have IMO! Baby guppies, tetras, rasboras and even Cory cats will take care of them fast. I believe that pea puffers will do this too, but I have no direct experience with them.
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 it’s six months later and I’ve just let them be in every tank I never see my fish eat them tho I have guppies and all types of fish I actually have a nice little fishroom going 115 gallons in it right now in all never noticed them before but been in the hobby my whole life just never really looked super close I guess
What are some fish that will definitely eat them?
Almost all fish will take care of them!
@@beardedbobsfishroom7654 i bought an endler but hes not touching them? Any other ones that you have actually eating them
Endlers and guppies did it for me
I bred my betta and i noticed there are loads of white specs darting around the tank. I asked a breeder if they are betta babies as they are tiny specs and can be seen by light
UPDATE: I rang a pet shop and explained to them as the parents are both white bettas and he said they are fry and look like dots as they are a few days old 🙈😂
Awesome!
Its not not fun to look for cyclops on camera .. *leans into see the screen to have a good look as well.* .. you started a movement..
I am 667 views .. well it states 666 but I guess it'll go up one when its finished.
Thanks for breaking the curse of the sixes! Haha