The pod population in my 125 ebbs and grows.....a mandarin requires a
continuing supply and IMO, 36# is a 36 gallon might not sustain him
long...especially if other predators like starfish of the sand sifting
variety are present. I believe ISPF has a pod growing set-up that you can
order to cultivate them for fish like the mandarin...
Grunfeld in detroit
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I have recently gotten my sal****er aquarium up and running. I have a 36
gallon tank with roughly 36 lbs of live rock, and a EcoSystem refugium. I
have noticed hundreds of copepods on the rock, in the water, and on the
sand. How fast will these reproduce? I am interested getting a
Manderin/Psychadelic fish and I have read that the cope's make up a
sizeable
part of their diet. Will the population maintain high enough numbers on
its
own with the amount of rock included? Thank you for any help.