Got a new mandarin!

[forrestcook]

And now I've got some new questions to go with my new mandarin.

I've already built a pod pile... I got a good amount of rubble, about the size of a grapefruit, wedged in behind my main rock structure. The pile is bagged in a plastic mesh, so that it doesn't fall apart. My tank is not wanting for amphipods but I have trouble seeing the copepods. I assume they're in there (the tank is 1.5 years old now), but I want to make sure.

Is there a good place to buy pods online? Brief searches have turned up the following sources:
https://livecopepods.com/
http://www.reefs2go.com/
http://www.saltwaterfish.com/

Anyone out there have a handful of chaeto that I could have to start up a small fuge in my sump?

 

[savageAJC]

The big pods you'll see scurrying around when the lights are out. What color mandarin did you get? They are one of the best looking fish IMO!

 

[victornator333]

i know that tanqueverde harvests chaeto quite often if u want to ask him.

 

[fishaholic911]

I have some chaeto you can have

 

[forrestcook]

I got a green spot mandarin, I've wanted one since I set this tank up. It seems lik the amphipods I have would be too big for this guy to even eat, unless he could split them up into pieces. Gary - I'll call you in a few days to see if I can swing by.

 

[aquaph8]

Forrest, I live pretty close to Gary, drop me a PM and you can drop by and I will give you some pods to seed your Chaeto a little more.