dragon0121
01/16/2001, 05:45 PM
Dr. Ron,
Over the first 5 months I had my tank set up I slowly ramped feeding up to a set amount, determined by ice cube trays. I then fed this same amount daily, along with a shot of golden pearls and cryopaste every couple days, and watched the pods and mysis shrimp populations explode. They would be swarming the sand at night. Suffered through the first cyano bloom at about three months and then life was good! At eight months I suffered a large cyano bloom with no change in feeding, and when it dawned on me to check, the pod population had crashed big time. Probably less than 1/4 of the life visible at night. Now I'm fighting the cyano while trying to get the pod populations back up. Is it normal for massive die-offs in pod populations? Do they tend to cycle in population? Or should I be able to reach a happy medium where the population is at equilibrium?
TIA :)
Over the first 5 months I had my tank set up I slowly ramped feeding up to a set amount, determined by ice cube trays. I then fed this same amount daily, along with a shot of golden pearls and cryopaste every couple days, and watched the pods and mysis shrimp populations explode. They would be swarming the sand at night. Suffered through the first cyano bloom at about three months and then life was good! At eight months I suffered a large cyano bloom with no change in feeding, and when it dawned on me to check, the pod population had crashed big time. Probably less than 1/4 of the life visible at night. Now I'm fighting the cyano while trying to get the pod populations back up. Is it normal for massive die-offs in pod populations? Do they tend to cycle in population? Or should I be able to reach a happy medium where the population is at equilibrium?
TIA :)