Pod-Feeding

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.

Dr. Thompson wrote on 9/29/2006 11:44 PM:
supplement with additional live pods from someplace like
oceanpods.com from time to time.


Me wonders if there is connection between the author, and
the company :-)


Don't count on being able to supplement like this. You
would pay a fortune for any decent quantity of pods. Such
pods for sale should only be used for starting a culture,
as I don't know of anyone that sells any kind of quantity
for a decent price.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets

"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message

Don't count on being able to supplement like this.

How about those HOB Aqua-Fuge things? They are only about 3- 4.5 gallons.
Could enough pods be cultivated in one of those for a Mandarin?

They would definitely help, and with enough live rock in
the main tank, it might work.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets



StringerBell wrote on 9/30/2006 1:12 PM:
"Wayne Sallee" wrote in message
Don't count on being able to supplement like this.

How about those HOB Aqua-Fuge things? They are only about 3- 4.5 gallons.
Could enough pods be cultivated in one of those for a Mandarin?

"Wayne Sallee"
They would definitely help, and with enough live rock in the main tank, it
might work.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets


Ive got 80lbs in a 65. Theres also about 15-20 lbs more of dead rock that
might get "taken over".

No connection, just the first place I could think of to buy live
copepods, but you bring up a good point about the cost -- but for those
people who desperately want to get a mandarin or psychedelic dragonet
for their smaller tank (and have a large disposable income) it's a
potential solution

Wayne Sallee wrote:
Dr. Thompson wrote on 9/29/2006 11:44 PM:
supplement with additional live pods from someplace like
oceanpods.com from time to time.


Me wonders if there is connection between the author, and
the company :-)


Don't count on being able to supplement like this. You
would pay a fortune for any decent quantity of pods. Such
pods for sale should only be used for starting a culture,
as I don't know of anyone that sells any kind of quantity
for a decent price.

Wayne Sallee
Wayne's Pets