Can I grow pods like this

[AnthonyA9953]

I was thinking of putting a pile of rubble rock in to the corner of my 125 gal reef and every month squirt a bottle of tigger pods in to it to give my mandarin a sustainable food source. Would this work?

 

[scuzy]

You'll need to feed the tigers with phyto


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[AnthonyA9953]

Ok I have photo-feast. Would I just squirt it into the rubble? How often would I feed.

 

[scuzy]

The thing with photo you need to make the water a light green so the pods can eat it.


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[AnthonyA9953]

As in lights or dose until its green?

 

[scuzy]

Dose. Reason people culture them in a sisters tank.


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[mcgyvr]

http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2003/2/breeder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye-yyYzmVzw
etc....

 

[pfan151]

You'll probably want to go with Tisbe pods. Unless you have no other fish in the tank the tigger pods will be gone very quickly.

 

[ryeguyy84]

look up Pod condos, keep some in the sump and swap them out as needed.

 

[AnthonyA9953]

Would it work if I just added a bag of them every month or two and dose the phyto also. Or do I need to give them a home? Thanks

 

[karimwassef]

just maintain a big enough fuge.. amphipods will take over.

 

[AnthonyA9953]

There's no room in my sump unfortunately.

 

[AnthonyA9953]

As for the pod condos, would I just keep a few in the sump then place them in my DT every once and a while for the mandarin? Thanks

 

[pfan151]

Honestly, in a 125 if you have a decent amount of rockwork you shouldnt need to really worry about it. You could maybe build a rubble pile in the back in a place you can't see to give the pods a refuge from hunting but you should already have enough pods regardless.

 

[karimwassef]

The problem is predation in a small tank. Need to offset it by keeping enough outside or in safe spaces inside.

 

[homer1475]

Its a 125, not a nano tank. There should be no issues with predation in that size tank. I have an 80 cube with no issues of predation.

When I finally decided to get a mandy I dumped 3 bags of pods in my tank months before. A year later and my mandy and leopard wrasse are both fat and happy. My Mandy will eat pellets when I feed the rest of the tank, but the wrasse solely lives on pods.

 

[karimwassef]

Small is relative

 

[homer1475]

Small is relative

Thats what she said!! :lmao: :wavehand:

Sorry couldn't resist that one. You left the door wide open, I just walked through it.

Your from Texas, everything is bigger in Texas!

But yes, size is relative. Everything is small compared to sea worlds tanks, or yours for that matter.

 

[karimwassef]

Or nature.

I looked into making a reef so shallow that it was proportional to the real reefs.

Ended up being a big flat puddle on a tabletop.