Pod-Feeding

"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 ?

"Pszemol" wrote in message
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Are they walking on the substrate or swimming like plankton ?

The ones I can see are swimming. I doubt I`d be able to see any crawling on
the sand and rock (Its been a long time since my eyesight was 20/20).
I was thinking: On ipsf.com I read about a "Pod-Mat" of Ulva
Macroalagae. This is part of a breeder kit for a refugium or separate tank.
What if I punched a few small holes in a seashell and put the mat in there?
I`d put the shell open-side down.
The Pod-Breeder would be hidden, but still inside the main tank. Would that
produce enough pods to feed the Mandarin?

No.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



StringerBell wrote on 9/28/2006 6:49 PM:
"Pszemol" wrote in message
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Are they walking on the substrate or swimming like plankton ?

The ones I can see are swimming. I doubt I`d be able to see any crawling on
the sand and rock (Its been a long time since my eyesight was 20/20).
I was thinking: On ipsf.com I read about a "Pod-Mat" of Ulva
Macroalagae. This is part of a breeder kit for a refugium or separate tank.
What if I punched a few small holes in a seashell and put the mat in there?
I`d put the shell open-side down.
The Pod-Breeder would be hidden, but still inside the main tank. Would that
produce enough pods to feed the Mandarin?

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
No.

heh heh, so much for that idea

StringerBell wrote:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
ink.net...
No.

heh heh, so much for that idea

StringerBell, if you added a 40g refugium, with plenty of live rock, to
your existing 65g setup you could probably provide enough copepods for
a small mandarin dragonet (mandarins aren't gobies) but only after the
system had a chance to mature for 5 or 6 months. Even then you might
still have to supplement with additional live pods from someplace like
oceanpods.com from time to time.

Amphipods and copepods but mostly amphipods. I mostly sit and watch them
in my 2nd tank which currently only houses a couple of crabs and about
20kg of live rock but on occasion I watch them fight over what I drop in
the sump of my 700 litre tank. They can be quite vicious toward each
other you know - I want it, no I want it, NO, it's mine! And strong like
an ant when it comes to carting the food off against the water flow.

Pszemol wrote:
"miskairal" wrote in message
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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 ?