Pod-Feeding

"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?

* 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

"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".

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 ?