Copepods

[SFWBreefguy]

Hello everybody! I haven't been on here in a while but I have a question for anybody out here in MR. I have a Red Mandarin Dragonet and he has gone through all of my pods in the tank! I thought it would take him a little bit to decimate the pod colony so I waited to buy the live tigger pods from my LFS. However it only been a few days and they're almost all gone! I was wondering if anyone had a good pod colony that I could get a few and try and start a colony in a separate bucket? I would appreciate the help or any guidance, thanks.

SFWBreefguy

 

[ReefFan]

Hello everybody! I haven't been on here in a while but I have a question for anybody out here in MR. I have a Red Mandarin Dragonet and he has gone through all of my pods in the tank! I thought it would take him a little bit to decimate the pod colony so I waited to buy the live tigger pods from my LFS. However it only been a few days and they're almost all gone! I was wondering if anyone had a good pod colony that I could get a few and try and start a colony in a separate bucket? I would appreciate the help or any guidance, thanks.

SFWBreefguy

Honestly your best bet is to set up a small overflowing refugium if possible. Its alot to go through for one fish but I did it and its become a great display tank and it feeds the tank on a continuous basis. Not to mention a pump-free zone that tank water is pumped through houses attractive macros that seahorses can cling to and feed on their own. The macro algae would serve as a nutrient control mechanism as well as the pods themselves. Its worked wonderfully for me and my system. PM me if youd like more info.

 

[albano]

from the thread http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/tank-threads/76939-fluval-edge-6gal.html

Are you aware that a Mandarin requires 200-400 pods per DAY to survive?

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[dj ze]

if you dont have a refugium it will never survive i have tried them in the past without a fuge with no luck now i have one for over a year with a 45 gallon fuge if you need some chaeto i have tons of it with living copepods all types of pods actually .you can have it for free you just have to come and pick it up

 

[motortrendz]

livecopepods.com

 

[russellbravo]

give it out to someone with a tank that can sustain it's needs.

and for now get on the waiting list for the ORAs

 

[madrid01]

Hello everybody,
Thank you for suggestion.

if you dont have a refugium it will never survive i have tried them in the past without a fuge with no luck now i have one for over a year with a 45 gallon fuge if you need some chaeto i have tons of it with living copepods all types of pods actually .you can have it for free you just have to come and pick it up

 

[jrobbins]

Hello everybody! I haven't been on here in a while but I have a question for anybody out here in MR. I have a Red Mandarin Dragonet and he has gone through all of my pods in the tank! I thought it would take him a little bit to decimate the pod colony so I waited to buy the live tigger pods from my LFS. However it only been a few days and they're almost all gone! I was wondering if anyone had a good pod colony that I could get a few and try and start a colony in a separate bucket? I would appreciate the help or any guidance, thanks.

SFWBreefguy

while trying to start up a pod culture quickly isn't a bad idea, the odds are that you will be unable to get enough of them breeding fast enough to keep up with the mandarins consumption. either way i would check with Dom at Diamonds of the Reef for pods.

 

[Imbarrie]

Or, look into trying to get the little guy onto alternative foods.

Have you tried cyclopeez? Thaw out half a cube and feed them through an eye dropper. Flow them past the mandarin.

 

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