Reef Nutrition Apex Pods 6 oz
Reef Nutrition Apex Pods 6oz contain live Apocyclops panamensis copepods (100–700 microns), ideal for increasing biodiversity, restocking refugia, or feeding finicky reef fish like mandarins, pipefish, Anthias, and wrasses. Smaller than Tigger-Pods®, Apex-Pods are also a great food for SPS, LPS, NPS corals, and filter feeders. These live copepods are aquacultured on Reef Nutrition’s premium microalgal diets, ensuring top-tier nutrition. Each bottle is ultra-dense, offering unmatched value, and ideal for culturing or direct feeding. Apex-Pods not only nourish your tank—they also consume organic waste, acting as a natural clean-up crew while boosting reef health.
Reef Nutrition Apex Pods 6 oz
Live Copepods
Medium Copepods 100-700 microns
Apocyclops panamensis copepods
Great for:
- Propogation
- Increasing Biodiversity
- Restocking Reef Refugia
Live, Apocyclops panamensis copepods
Apex-Pods are an excellent food source that attracts finicky fish, such as mandarin dragonets, pipefish, Anthias sp. and wrasses. This copepod can also be fed to invertebrates, such as SPS, LPS and NPS corals, as well as other filter feeders. Smaller than Reef Nutrition’s Tigger-Pods®, stage 1 nauplii are approximately 70 micron and adults are approximately 600 to 700 microns.
Benefits:
SUPER NUTRITIOUS
Apex-Pods will give your tank a healthy boost because they are fed on Reef Nutrition’s super-concentrated, microalgal-based, premium quality feeds.
HIGHEST DENSITY
Our bottles are by far the most concentrated on the market. More for your money.
EASY TO CULTURE
Perfect for direct feeding, culturing or stocking new tanks and refugia, Apex-Pods breed rapidly, producing hundreds of eggs per female.
YOUR CLEAN-UP CREW
Not only do Apex-Pods boost biodiversity in your tank, they gobble up organic waste!

