Pods

[mystangt]

Can anyone tell me what the ideal conditions for pods to form would be?:confused:

[steve chong]

how long u have your tank? i have hundreds in my 150g 2 year old tank

[mystangt]

My tank is about 9 months old.

[reefdood]

My pods are all over the place. I have no fish to prey on them either. Tank is 5 months old and the pods were introduced from livesand from coral connection. I used 99% dry baserock to start my tank, so it had to be the LS that introduced the pods I have. ;)

[mystangt]

I have LS(from Aquatic specialties) and LR(from Aquatic specialties) and I only see a couple of PODS. I have a manderin Goby and he won't eat anything I've tried to feed him. PODS are the only thing I think he will eat. I don't want the little bugger to die of starvation.

[reefdood]

Is your LS from AS from a bag or is it the wild kind? The bag LS dosen't have pods that I know of, only bacteria. If you want pods, get a scoop of coralconnection LS to start them. ;)

[mystangt]

Yeah it was in the bag.

[Snausages01]

Ideal conditions for pods would be some sort of densely packed marco algae and/or rock rubble/crushed coral piles. A refugium works best for this, but piles of rocks in the tank can be made so that the mandarin can get to the pods and it gives them a place to breed. Also, feeding live phytoplankton can help to boost the pod population.

Also, in time you can/should be able to get the mandarins eating prepared foods.

Also, check out the club website as your more likely to get views there. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brreefclub/

[mystangt]

He just started eating brine shrimp today. I guess hunger set in. Thanks for the info.

[mystangt]

Any locals interested in helping me out with a cup of sand?

[reefdood]

Brine shrimp alone WILL NOT keep him alive. At least that's the common thought.

[mystangt]

Yea I know. That's why I'm asking for a cup of sand with pods in it. To try and restablish a population.

[Snausages01]

If you really want to boost the pod population I would suggest dosing some live phytoplankton as that will really get them going. I have a pair of mandarins in my 120 since day 3 I had to feed them 2-3+ times a day so they wouldnt stave until my pod population picked up. I started dosing live phytoplankton every other day (2 cups) and now a month and a half later they are good to go.

[mystangt]

I'm going to give it a try. Thanks.

[reefdood]

I'd be more than happy to give ya a cup, BUT I only have like 5 lbs of LS in my 30L mixed in with some old seafloor I rinsed and reused. I love my substrate, but you don't want it. ;)

[mystangt]

Thanks Reef dood. I appreciate the offer thou. I'm trying the phytoplankton idea.

[cscr212]

mystangt,
If your looking for some good quality sand to add to your system,
check out this thread:
http://archive.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=498211
Once the trade is over, there will be some leftover sand available for purchase.
You could also check out the website here:
http://www.coast2coastsandtrade.com/
I'm expecting my sand back towards the end of april.

[mystangt]

I got some!!! I had the manager at my LFS get me some out of their sump. Success! Thanks to all that tried to help. Oh and you too Frank............J/K.:D :lol: