Copepods
FailThe top 5 brands take 96% of clicks, so Copepods is a Fail.
- Flapen Score
- 44 / 100Ranks 2,946 of 3,978 Pet Supplies niches · −7 vs the category median of 5144
- Market size
- $130K/yr90K searches / yr
- 90-day growth
- -18.2%search demand this quarter
- Competition
- 77%top-5 click share · 7 brands · 25 sellers
Flapen Score
Copepods against its category
The dotted line is the Pet Supplies average. Past it, Copepods is stronger. Inside it, weaker.
Market
The Copepods market on Amazon at a glance
Shoppers on Amazon United States searched for Copepods 90K times last year and spent an estimated $130K. The top 5 brands take 96% of clicks. Flapen scores it 44 out of 100, a Fail.
01 · Demand
An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase.
Shoppers searched for this 90K times in the last 12 months. That counts every search on Amazon United States for this niche's terms. An estimated 3.8% of those searches ended in a purchase. Searches in the last 90 days moved -18.2% against the 90 days before. Searches, conversion and average price together put the market at an estimated $130K a year.
- Searches, last 12 months
- 90K
- Growth, 90 days vs prior 90
- -18.2%
- Conversion, latest week
- 3.8%
- Market size, estimated
- $130Ka year
- Peak month
- February1.5× the quietest month
- Top search term
- copepods35K searches a year
02 · Price
A sale here is worth $38.11.
Listings sell for $38.11 on average, from $8.66 to $119.99. Amazon reports units sold in ranges. This niche sold 2K to 3K a year. The average listing sells 0 to 100 of them. At $38.11 that is $0 to $4K a year per listing.
- Average price
- $38.11inside the $15 to $100 sweet spot
- Price range
- $8.66–$119.99
- Amazon United States median price
- $24.38across 115,062 niches
- Units sold a year
- 2K–3K
- Units per listing a year
- 0–100
- Revenue per listing a year
- $0–$4K
- Returns
- 0.4%of orders · Amazon United States median 2.1%
03 · Entry bar
The bar here is low.
67% of listings pay for placement with sponsored ads. 33% ship with Prime. On an average day, 0.3% of listings are out of stock. The average listing ranks #563 within Fish & Aquatic Pets. It carries 783 reviews at 4.35 stars, so a new listing needs social proof before a better product.
- Sponsored listings
- 67%
- Prime listings
- 33%
- Out of stock, average day
- 0.3%
- Average rank
- #563in Fish & Aquatic Pets
- Average rating
- 4.35 starsAmazon United States average 4.42 stars
- Average reviews
- 783per listing
- Listings tracked
- 15
04 · Newcomers
0 of last year's 1 launches cleared the first-year sales bar.
1 products launched here in the last 12 months. 0 of them cleared the first-year sales bar, our mark for a successful launch. The brands on the shelf have sold for 76 months on average, so the names here are established.
- Launched, last 12 months
- 1
- Successful launches
- 0Amazon's first-year sales bar
- Average brand age
- 76 months
Products
Top Copepods products & what they sell for
The products selling here, as shoppers see them on Amazon. Shelf share and sales are our estimates.
Prices and ratings read from Amazon on Jul 17, 2026. The live listing can differ.
Top sellers
by estimated 90-day click share
AlgaeBarn Poseidons Feast :: Live Marine Copepods - 3000+ Tisbe & Tigriopus Pods for Mandarin & Finicky Fish (16oz)
- Price
- $29.98
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 576
- Age
- 12y ago

AlgaeBarn Live Copepods & Phytoplankton Combo Pack Tisbe & Tigriopus Pods + Live Phytoplankon (16oz)
- Price
- $44.99
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 538
- Age
- 9y ago

AlgaeBarn 5280 Pods :: Live Copepods :: Three Pod Species Tisbe + Tigriopus + Apocyclops :: Clean Your Tank & Mandarin & Finicky Fish Food (5 280+ Pods)
- Price
- $44.99
- Rating
- 4.3/5
- Reviews
- 474
- Age
- 10y ago

Reef Nutrition Pods Live Copepods Food 6 oz
- Price
- $29.57
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 5y ago

AlgaeBarn Tig Pods :: Live Copepods :: Tigriopus californicus Copepods :: Clean Your Tank :: Mandarin & Finicky Fish Food (3 000+ Pods)
- Price
- $35.00
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 94
- Age
- 10y ago
Trending
estimated 90-day click momentum
Copepod Refuge Block for Refugium Sump or Display Tank Made of Porous Ceramic
- Price
- $25.81
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 5mo ago

Reef Nutrition Pods Live Copepods Food 6 oz
- Price
- $29.57
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 5y ago

AlgaeBarn Poseidons Feast :: Live Marine Copepods - 3000+ Tisbe & Tigriopus Pods for Mandarin & Finicky Fish (16oz)
- Price
- $29.98
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 576
- Age
- 12y ago

AlgaeBarn Tig Pods :: Live Copepods :: Tigriopus californicus Copepods :: Clean Your Tank :: Mandarin & Finicky Fish Food (3 000+ Pods)
- Price
- $35.00
- Rating
- 4.1/5
- Reviews
- 94
- Age
- 10y ago

Seachem Reef Zooplankton 250 ml.
- Price
- $8.66
- Rating
- 4.7/5
- Reviews
- 967
- Age
- 15y ago
Newest
by launch date
Copepod Refuge Block for Refugium Sump or Display Tank Made of Porous Ceramic
- Price
- $25.81
- Rating
- 5.0/5
- Reviews
- 2
- Age
- 5mo ago

BiggerFish Live Copepods + Phytoplankton Combo Pack for Saltwater Fish Coral Invertebrates 2 16oz Bottles Provide Vital Biodiversity and Nutrition for Saltwater Reef Aquariums
- Price
- $44.92
- Rating
- 4.2/5
- Reviews
- 20
- Age
- 3y ago

BiggerFish Live Copepods for Fish and Marine Invertebrates 16oz Provides Vital Biodiversity and Nutrition for a Healthy Saltwater Reef Aquarium Ecosystem
- Price
- $34.98
- Rating
- 4.0/5
- Reviews
- 14
- Age
- 3y ago

Reef Nutrition Pods Live Copepods Food 6 oz
- Price
- $29.57
- Rating
- 3.3/5
- Reviews
- 52
- Age
- 5y ago

AlgaeBarn Live Copepods & Phytoplankton Combo Pack Tisbe & Tigriopus Pods + Live Phytoplankon (16oz)
- Price
- $44.99
- Rating
- 4.4/5
- Reviews
- 538
- Age
- 9y ago
Competition
Competition: brands, sellers & click share
The top 5 products take an estimated 77% of clicks. A locked shelf that new listings rarely crack.
Brands
7 falling
Sellers
25
Est. top-5 brand share
96%
Top 20: 100%
Est. top-5 click share
77%
Top 20: 100%
Open market
2%
- AlgaeBarn77%
- SaltwaterAquarium9%
- Seachem4%
- BiggerFish4%
- PirexaFley3%
- Ocean Nutrition2%
- Open — no brand owns it (1 brand, 2%)
Demand
Copepods search demand
Weekly searches over the year, seasonality beneath. Pick a range.
No pronounced peak months · busiest ÷ quietest = 1.5×
Search terms
Top Copepods search terms shoppers use
The exact words shoppers type, with estimated yearly volume, growth, and conversion.
- copepods35K/yr
- copepods for saltwater aquarium28K/yr
- live copepods8K/yr
- copepod5K/yr
- copepods for freshwater aquarium4K/yr
- live copepods for reef tank5K/yr
- copepods for sale4K/yr
- algae barn2K/yr
Reviews and returns
What reviews say buyers love and hate about Copepods
We read the reviews and the return reasons for every product selling here.
“Yeah, it's a bit costly,”
Every topic
Every topic buyers talk about, one row each.
Red shows the share of negative reviews and green the share of positive reviews, biggest topic first. Open a row to read what they wrote.
19 topics
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FAQ
Common Copepods questions
Answered from the same tracked data.
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