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June 20th, 2008, 02:37 AM
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What do pods eat?
I added a mandarin to my tank and an in tank refugium to house my pods. I have a little live rock in the fuge with some substrate (just a couple small pieces maybe 1/2 lb). Most of the pods seemed to escape via the powerhead before I installed the missing restrictor valve that I later found
 . So my questions are, how many do you need to start a breeding colony in a fuge (there's like less than 10 that I can see)? What do they eat? And how long till they start reproducing? TIACurrent Aquarium(s) Description: 20XH Saltwater, O. Clownfish, chocolate chip star Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: 4 years 
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June 20th, 2008, 02:51 AM
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Re: What do pods eat?
Pods feed on phytoplankton,detritus,and some algae.And you've probably got a lot more than your seeing.
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June 20th, 2008, 03:02 AM
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Re: What do pods eat?
Nice! I have some phytoplex (sp) that I can drip in for them.
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June 20th, 2008, 06:22 PM
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Re: What do pods eat?
Add some macroalgae like chaetomorpha to your fuge. Chaeto is a great breeding ground for pods.
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June 20th, 2008, 09:17 PM
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Re: What do pods eat?
Add even more rock rubble and some chaeto macroalgae.I don't believe that size system and refugium will ever be a large enough breeding ground for copepods to sustain a mandarin.
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August 24th, 2008, 04:16 AM
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Re: What do pods eat?
I hear that you need an ample amount of copepods to substain a madarin or any dragonette.
Current Aquarium(s) Description: 14 gallon Oceanic Bio Cube, Reef setup,korilla 260gph Experience in Saltwater & Reef Aquarium Hobby: One Year Other Intrests: Going out on the boat outland fishing, diving, spearfishing.
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August 24th, 2008, 04:34 AM
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Re: What do pods eat?
you do need a huge amount, you should wait a year or longer before you get one so that you can have enough pods to where they can reproduce faster then the dragonette can eat them
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