AlgaeBarn Tig Pods :: Live Copepods :: Tigriopus californicus Copepods :: Clean Your Tank :: Mandarin & Finicky Fish Food (3,000+ Pods)

I live in North Western NY so weather is cold so I was concerned about the shipment but they shipped the product in insulation and a hand-warmer heat pad in the box kept it at a reasonable temperature. They are hard to see being so tiny but on inspection they were swimming around still. Good quality container and shipping method. I requested and they shipped it out same day also so it would I would receive it before the weekend (office tank so no one is there to collect mail on weekends to bring it in out of the cold), received it in about two days. Very pleased with product and service. Hard to see the Copepods but my Green Mandarin Dragonet seems to be eating little things I cannot see. BTW, side note: anyone looking to get a Mandarin I would advise first spiking tank with Copepods weeks before and also buy a CAPTIVE BORN AND RAISED ON FROZEN OR PELLET FOOD that is fed to them using a Turkey Baster. They are maybe $10 to $20 more expensive than wild ones. Mine was $39 versus $29 for wild one. WELL WORTH IT! They look the same! Another benefit is tank raised do not hide like the wild ones so they are much more visible. The wild one I had in the past was always hiding in caves and between live rock. The wild ones are very very hard to train to eat frozen or pellet if at all making a large tank (50+) with established Copepods a must! Mine captive raised does very well in only a 30 gallon because I am supplementing diet with frozen food. He is nice and fat as they should be. You need to use turkey baster if you have faster tank mates. Other faster fish like Dwarf Angels will eat the frozen food up to quickly if you do not use a baster to place food on the sand near Mandarin and in the live rock crevices for him to hunt. I use frozen Spirulina Brine Shrimp, Blood Worms and Mysis Shrimp and he gobbles it up. The Copepods provide nice grazing food through the day between morning and evening feedings. The captive raised ones also are much less likely to die from typical aquarium water parameters found in the typical marine aquarium.

🔥 Just added AlgaeBarn Live Copepods to my reef and WOW… You can literally see them alive and moving right out of the jar — super clean water, tons of pods, and they shipped in perfect condition. After adding them, my tank instantly feels more alive and my filefish went straight into hunt mode 😂 Perfect for boosting biodiversity, feeding picky fish, and helping stabilize the tank naturally. If you’re trying to level up your reef, these are 100% worth it. AlgaeBarn killed it with this one 👏🌊

I finally spoke with the customer service and they sent me new product immediately. I am happy with their effort. I just don’t think shipping these tiny live animals to Vegas in the summer is wise. Wait until fall if you from the desert.

Was warm when I got them. Ice packs had melted. Tried to contact algaebarn but Amazon made it to difficult and would not send the message to algaebarn

If you want to throw your money away, then purchase this item from Algae Barn. The description says you will receive 3,000 live copepods, but what you will receive will be 3,000 dead copepods. And trying to communicate with them will be impossible for them to hear you out. The Amazon A-Z guarantee is a farce! Don’t ever purchase from algae barn as you will be taking a chance in wasting your money!

Arrived alive and kicking

Far from claimed. It states 3000 pods in the package. Not even close. They did arrive alive tho. Not worth the money.

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