Best pods in a bottle or bag

[FireViper]

Looking for the best bang for the buck when buying pods in a bag for feeding wrasses and gobies. We're not quite set up yet for growing our own.

Thanks for any recommendations!

 

[dkeller_nc]

I've bought from Algae Barn and also from Live Aquaria (AlgaGen pods). Algae Barn's offerings had more pods than the starter cultures from Live Aquaria, but overall you pretty much have to culture your own with a small tank or bucket, an airstone and PhytoFeast if you don't want to be eaten out of house and home by a critter that will only eat pods (like mandarin dragonettes).

If all you're trying to do is "seed" your aquarium, either source should be fine.

 

[FireViper]

Thanks! Algae Barn looks like a bargain. Now I need to set up a pod breeding tank (don't have a refugium).

 

[squid row]

So dumb question on my part... if you add pods to the refugium do they survive and multiply in there until they somehow get into the display tank via the return pump?

 

[sde1500]

So dumb question on my part... if you add pods to the refugium do they survive and multiply in there until they somehow get into the display tank via the return pump?

That is the general idea, yes. They will multiply in the tank as well, but the fuge will give them space to do so without risk of predation.

 

[HumbleFish]

Algae Barn used to be my go-to place for pods. Last few orders have just contained dirty water and a bunch of dead pods when samples were viewed under a microscope. :mad2:

 

[FireViper]

Algae Barn used to be my go-to place for pods. Last few orders have just contained dirty water and a bunch of dead pods when samples were viewed under a microscope. :mad2:

Bummer. Just placed my first order yesterday. Fingers crossed.

 

[HumbleFish]

Bummer. Just placed my first order yesterday. Fingers crossed.

I think one of the problems was they kept using heat packs even though it was fairly warm outside.

 

[Dmorty217]

I purchased pods from Aquaculture Nursery Farms via Amazon and couldn't be more happy with the purchase. My tank is exploding with pods now. They arrived in a bag for whatever that is worth