Tig Pods :: Live Copepods :: Tigriopus californicus Copepods :: Clean Your Tank :: Mandarin & Finicky Fish Food (24,000+ Pods)

The tigerpods I ordered arrived in an insulated box with a heating pad ! Great product everyone was alive in very impressed

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.

The media could not be loaded. It showed up days earlier than expected but I am not complaining. They were very alive and well. once I let them get to room temperature they became active and ready to be placed i. Their new grow container.

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The media could not be loaded. Llegaron en el tiempo estipulado, muy buen embalaje, muy profecional todo. Mi única queja es lo pobre del cultivo. Dice que "3000" ?? Imposible que este cultivo esté cerca de esa cantidad... me siento estafado con la cantidad de copepodos que trae el cultivo..

They arrived alive and great!

Special handling fee added for this product, as it's fragile, time, and temperature sensitive.

I usually buy supplies locally, however they weren't able to get the pods for a few weeks, so I purchased these as a buffer and to make sure the pod population is well maintained. Box was packaged excellently and delivered sooner than I thought it was going to, hence two stars. However when looked into the container, I could see, maybe, a few hundred. I always stick with the Reef Nutrition brand, and they sell the 6 oz container for 24.99. I can say without a doubt that they have more pods in their 6 oz container that these people are advertising. I think it's only fair to mention that they were all active and alive when I opened the package.