Hi all.
Was just wondering if anyone has ever successfully managed to remove cyclops copepods from their axolotls tank. I bought live plants last year and they must have been introduced then. I have cycled water separately away from the tank and added filter sponges/sand/plants to it and left it for a while then scrubbed the tank clean to try and remove the copepods. I saved most of the old water and tried filtering it through layers of pond mesh and sheets of cotton wool back into the tank to try to trap the copepods and added the sponges/sand/plants back into the tank. This seemed to work for a couple of weeks then i noticed they were back again. Some must have just gotten back in through the mesh. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. I really want to get rid of them. I have no other water bound pets so they cannot be food. They are a nuisance and i do not want them in the tank.
Please help.
Was just wondering if anyone has ever successfully managed to remove cyclops copepods from their axolotls tank. I bought live plants last year and they must have been introduced then. I have cycled water separately away from the tank and added filter sponges/sand/plants to it and left it for a while then scrubbed the tank clean to try and remove the copepods. I saved most of the old water and tried filtering it through layers of pond mesh and sheets of cotton wool back into the tank to try to trap the copepods and added the sponges/sand/plants back into the tank. This seemed to work for a couple of weeks then i noticed they were back again. Some must have just gotten back in through the mesh. If anyone has any ideas please let me know. I really want to get rid of them. I have no other water bound pets so they cannot be food. They are a nuisance and i do not want them in the tank.
Please help.