pods

[chefsreef]

how can i get pods for my tank and what kind should i let grow???

 

[thirty5]

You can buy them bottled and seed your tank with them and then they wil just grow. You can also just get some macro from someone which will 99.99999% have pods in it.

There are different kinds. Is there a reason that you want pods? To feed certain fish?

Copepods are the favorites of Mandarins.

I never put any in my tank and I have some HUGE buggers growing in my fuge.

 

[chefsreef]

i want my reef tank 2 be a full ecosystem .

 

[thirty5]

Ok, they will just probably appear on their own. If you put any frags in your system and did not QT or dip them first, then you may already have them. But you can just buy a bottle if you really want to dump them in your tank.

 

[JonnyJ]

Best advice.

Start a large fuge. People say to double your Dt. My Dt 12 gallons - my fuge 20+ gallons. Try to go as large as possible.

Then buy or ask for macro algae from as many people as you can for diversity.

 

[rbtwo4]

i honestly would probably just buy a bottle who knows what u may get from someone else using their macro.

 

[basiab]

If you get it from someones macro then you know it grows well in a home tank. When you get it in a bottle it may not propagate (but most likely will). But yes there is a chance of picking up something you don't want.

 

[rbtwo4]

If you get it from someones macro then you know it grows well in a home tank. When you get it in a bottle it may not propagate (but most likely will). But yes there is a chance of picking up something you don't want.

those bottled ones will propagate if given the right tank parameters. those pods reproduce like wild fire. its like having sex w/o a condom man using someone elses chaeto and throwing it in ur tank. u may or may not get burned but y take a risk?