I have a room I would like to dedicate to culturing copepods away from rotifer and artemia production and am interested to hear peoples opinions on how to make the most of the space.
The whole idea of this is to provide enough copepod eggs/nauplii to have constant rearing projects on the go which could include pretty much anything.
The room Is pretty small and working space even smaller. I would like to have multiple species on the go to account for as many different situations as possible but realistically will only have space for 2 or 3 or 4.
I have a small culture of A. temora which I'm hoping to try in a modified version of Luis' "copepod machine" which I need to try out and see if it will work so have dedicated an area for that.
To minimize cross contamination I want solid dividers from the ground to the ceiling separating different species and also doors at the front. Pretty much build big boxes for each species and have shelf's (that can be moved to different heights) to have 2 tiers in each "box". A storage area for dedicated bits for each species at the bottom and a concealed area for individual air pumps. There will be a sink for plenty of fresh water rinsing in-between maintenance/harvesting + alcohol gel. Fridge for storing eggs (hopefully).
Please see pic below for a rough idea of what I have planned/available.
The space is on the right and measures
H 220 cm L140cm W 60.

Alternatively I could just bring the wall out a bit more dividing the room and have 2 large tanks and use a sink and fridge near by outside the room. It would just be nice to have a self contained room with everything needed to hand inside.
So my main questions.
What would you do?
What species would you culture as a must?
What methods would you use in such a small space?
Rotifer and phytoplankton cultures are already going elsewhere. I'm thinking of giving ciliates a go but have somewhere else for that and artemia production is already happening so this room is purely for copepods.
Thanks in advance!
James