Im trying to get a population of copepods going for my mandarin that i plan on getting a couple of months from now. I put about 5 lbs. of rubble rock in my sump to basically try to start a breeding ground for pods. Will that work? I don't have any macro plants or sand in the sump just rubble rock and bare bottom.
Trying to start a breeding area for pods, Will it work?
- Thread starter jfingers8
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You can try pod piles, but a refuge for the copepods to multiply and grow will be helpful.
The problem will most likely be your mandarin will be eating them as quick as they produce, so if you could start the culture somewhere else, you might have a better start.
Hopefully you'll find this interesting
Copepod culture
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/breeder2.htm
frank
The problem will most likely be your mandarin will be eating them as quick as they produce, so if you could start the culture somewhere else, you might have a better start.
Hopefully you'll find this interesting
Copepod culture
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/issues/feb2003/breeder2.htm
frank
JCheung
Newbish
Hey Frank, I was wondering can you use something like this in your pod tank?
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47552&highlight=pod+condo
Would the live rock keep the water clean and make it easier to lift out the pods?
http://www.bostonreefers.org/forums/showthread.php?t=47552&highlight=pod+condo
Would the live rock keep the water clean and make it easier to lift out the pods?
APISTOBORELLI
Bass in pic swam away
I just made some of those for my tank. Planning on a Mandarin in a few months.
smcnally
Tankless
POD condo's are a great idea. I suspect it will work fine.
Again thou I am of the opinion that you need the majority of your pods away from your main tank, and allow the population to build up accordingly. While the pod condo will certainly protect your pods from most predation, in your main tank there are just too many unknowns.
Again thou I am of the opinion that you need the majority of your pods away from your main tank, and allow the population to build up accordingly. While the pod condo will certainly protect your pods from most predation, in your main tank there are just too many unknowns.
JCheung
Newbish
No no i meant in the article that you linked to it was a pod farm using phytoplankton and pod cultures. I was wondering if you could add the pod condo to that since the live rock would keep the water cleaner and possibly reduce the need to change the water. or would it kill off the phytoplankton?
ooops sorry- I get it. Yes you could use the pod condos in the pod growout tank for more surface area. My concern w/ the condo idea is that providing surface areas is only one of the keys to sucess w/ pods. you have to provide food as well, and in a general aquarium setting -there are too many other mouths to compete w/
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