In my never ending researching of projects while stuck bored at work I stumbled across someone who had a post about corrugated plastic (stuff they make yard signs out of) and how they used it in their copepod culture. It got me thinking about using it in my culture (which I just started to the other day with amazing results). The idea is it creates a lot of extra surface area for the pods to live on and grow better above and beyond just the walls of the tank or jar.
I have also looked at a way to increase the copepod population in my tank to sustain a mandarin and in that research quest I found a Pod Hotel (https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/p...MIhcHvyfby6AIVEFYMCh1dmwBGEAQYASABEgIFcPD_BwE) but it was around $30 plus shipping..
So one day it hit me and I decided it would be easy to make my own pod hotel so I went out to a local big box hardware store and picked up some corrugate plastic which was 24"x18" for a little under $7.
I have also looked at a way to increase the copepod population in my tank to sustain a mandarin and in that research quest I found a Pod Hotel (https://www.saltwateraquarium.com/p...MIhcHvyfby6AIVEFYMCh1dmwBGEAQYASABEgIFcPD_BwE) but it was around $30 plus shipping..
So one day it hit me and I decided it would be easy to make my own pod hotel so I went out to a local big box hardware store and picked up some corrugate plastic which was 24"x18" for a little under $7.