Pod-Feeding

Now that I have loads of pods in my cycling tank, I`d like to keep the
population going. What do they eat?
I guess once I get predatory fish in there, I`m gonna see a lot less pods.
Is there something I can do now within the tank itself--(IE: NOT separate
tanks,refugiums etc)) that will help ensure a constant population of these
animals?

thanks again--------

"StringerBell" wrote in message ...
Now that I have loads of pods in my cycling tank, I`d like to keep the
population going. What do they eat?

Fitoplankton (green water).
You can buy it from many sources.

I guess once I get predatory fish in there, I`m gonna see a lot less pods.
Is there something I can do now within the tank itself--(IE: NOT separate
tanks,refugiums etc)) that will help ensure a constant population of these
animals?

You could design in-tank refugium with a pile of rubble
so the pods will have a room to hide from the fish...
But it is much less effective than a separate refugium tank.

* Pszemol wrote, On 9/27/2006 5:33 PM:
"StringerBell" wrote in message
...
Now that I have loads of pods in my cycling tank, I`d like to keep the
population going. What do they eat?

Fitoplankton (green water).
You can buy it from many sources.

[snip]

You could design in-tank refugium with a pile of rubble
so the pods will have a room to hide from the fish...
But it is much less effective than a separate refugium tank.

I have an 8-gal. hex, and it is literally crawling with shrimp and copepods.
Probably about 15 lbs. of rock. There are no fish yet, just blue-leg crabs, one
red-leg crab, an anemone crab and various snails.

If I put a mandarin goby in there, do you think the tank is big enough to keep
him in pods, or would he clean them all out and then starve?

Thanks,
Cindy

Cindy wrote:
* Pszemol wrote, On 9/27/2006 5:33 PM:

"StringerBell" wrote in message
...

Now that I have loads of pods in my cycling tank, I`d like to keep the
population going. What do they eat?


Fitoplankton (green water).
You can buy it from many sources.


[snip]


You could design in-tank refugium with a pile of rubble
so the pods will have a room to hide from the fish...
But it is much less effective than a separate refugium tank.


I have an 8-gal. hex, and it is literally crawling with shrimp and
copepods. Probably about 15 lbs. of rock. There are no fish yet, just
blue-leg crabs, one red-leg crab, an anemone crab and various snails.

If I put a mandarin goby in there, do you think the tank is big enough
to keep him in pods, or would he clean them all out and then starve?

Thanks,
Cindy


8 gallon tank. I would say there is no way you can keep a mandarin in
there, unless you are luckly enough to find one that will eat something
other than the pods. I would say you would need atleast 40 gallons with
lots of pods and a very small madarin, or even better 75 gallons or more.

Kim
www.jensalt.com

* kim gross wrote, On 9/28/2006 2:40 AM:
Cindy wrote:

I have an 8-gal. hex, and it is literally crawling with shrimp and
copepods. Probably about 15 lbs. of rock. There are no fish yet, just
blue-leg crabs, one red-leg crab, an anemone crab and various snails.

If I put a mandarin goby in there, do you think the tank is big enough
to keep him in pods, or would he clean them all out and then starve?

8 gallon tank. I would say there is no way you can keep a mandarin in
there, unless you are luckly enough to find one that will eat something
other than the pods. I would say you would need atleast 40 gallons with
lots of pods and a very small madarin, or even better 75 gallons or more.

Kim
www.jensalt.com

I was afraid of that. Thanks though!

Cindy

Pszemol wrote:
"StringerBell" wrote in message
...

Now that I have loads of pods in my cycling tank, I`d like to keep the
population going. What do they eat?


Fitoplankton (green water).
You can buy it from many sources.

I guess once I get predatory fish in there, I`m gonna see a lot less
pods.
Is there something I can do now within the tank itself--(IE: NOT separate
tanks,refugiums etc)) that will help ensure a constant population of
these
animals?


You could design in-tank refugium with a pile of rubble
so the pods will have a room to hide from the fish...
But it is much less effective than a separate refugium tank.


Its Phytoplankton.

ON the intank fuge, you could build a couple of small boxes out of mesh
and hide them in the rocks. This way the fish can not get into the mesh
to eat the pods inside the box but the pods can get out very easly.

Kim

"kim gross" wrote in message
ON the intank fuge, you could build a couple of small boxes out of mesh
and hide them in the rocks. This way the fish can not get into the mesh
to eat the pods inside the box but the pods can get out very easly.

What makes the pods propogate? Is there something you can put in the mesh
box that feeds the pods? Also---my new tank is 65 gal. and there are loads
of pods---seemingly more each day. I was pondering putting a very small
Mandarin in there as the first fish. I though I might be able to induce it
to eat non-live foods if it was the only fish in there for a while. Is this
a possibility?

thanks

Hi Stringer and Cindy: It is suggested that you wait until a tank is a year
old and established b-4 getting a Mandarin Goby. I did not wait that long
but he has a 180 Gal 8 mo old with a rdfugium to procreat more pods. He
does go around the whole tank stalking. Good luck, My favorite fish. Bill
Marsh
"StringerBell" wrote in message
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"kim gross" wrote in message
ON the intank fuge, you could build a couple of small boxes out of mesh
and hide them in the rocks. This way the fish can not get into the mesh
to eat the pods inside the box but the pods can get out very easly.

What makes the pods propogate? Is there something you can put in the mesh
box that feeds the pods? Also---my new tank is 65 gal. and there are loads
of pods---seemingly more each day. I was pondering putting a very small
Mandarin in there as the first fish. I though I might be able to induce it
to eat non-live foods if it was the only fish in there for a while. Is
this a possibility?

thanks

Pods seem to like anything. I feed mine turtle pellets, algae wafers,
carnivore pellets (all meant for my freshwater fish) and of course they
get leftovers such as brine and mysis shrimp, prawn, whiting, nori,
marine green and a variety of flake and pellet foods. I'm sure I read
somewhere they prefer vegetable matter though.

StringerBell wrote:
"kim gross" wrote in message

ON the intank fuge, you could build a couple of small boxes out of mesh
and hide them in the rocks. This way the fish can not get into the mesh
to eat the pods inside the box but the pods can get out very easly.


What makes the pods propogate? Is there something you can put in the mesh
box that feeds the pods? Also---my new tank is 65 gal. and there are loads
of pods---seemingly more each day. I was pondering putting a very small
Mandarin in there as the first fish. I though I might be able to induce it
to eat non-live foods if it was the only fish in there for a while. Is this
a possibility?

thanks

"miskairal" wrote in message ...
Pods seem to like anything. I feed mine turtle pellets, algae wafers,
carnivore pellets (all meant for my freshwater fish) and of course they
get leftovers such as brine and mysis shrimp, prawn, whiting, nori,
marine green and a variety of flake and pellet foods. I'm sure I read
somewhere they prefer vegetable matter though.

What "pods" are we talking about here ?
Are these amphipods, copepods or some other kind ?
Are they walking on the substrate or swimming like plankton ?