How to watch $20.00 go down the drain

[2ras]

When Sir Gary of ART announced he had Tigger-pods I was excited. I went down and purchased two bottles, then brought them home. The Tigger pods looked good and were very active.

I was going to put both bottles in the main tank when the lights cycled off for the evening. I couldn't wait that long, so I decided to add one bottle in the refugium.

I carefully added them (Tigger-pods) at the bottom of the refugium, thinking they would stay down there & get into the chaeto & rocks.

I was wrong, the little guys "saw the light" and swam up to the surface, only to be caught in the current. The current carried them to the overflow & into the sump. They were immediately drawn into the MAG 18 and expelled into the main tank.

All the fish gathered around the returns and waited for the little treats to come out. It was like watching little dollar bills going up in flames, one by one.....slowly......oh so slowly. Then the excitement was over (for the fish), I was still in shock. .:eek1:

The remaining bottle was emptied into the main tank, when the lights cycled off. Did I care what happened to the little ****s ? NO

I like the Tigger-pods enough to go purchase another bottle, because some of the smarter ones will survive and multiply. Amen

Ray

 

[Brandino007]

So what do these things actually do?

 

[2ras]

They are just larger copepods, about 250-2500 microns, red-orange in colour.

The story:
Tigriopus californicus is a very large (250-2500 micron) harpacticoid copepod that ranges from Alaska to Baja California. T. californicus is a very hearty copepod that can tolerate wide ranges in temperature (10-35Ã"šÃ‚°C) and salinity (10-100 ppt). T. californicus eats microscopic algae, protists, bacteria, diatoms, algae and microbes (McGroarty 1958). The T. Californiumââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢ life cycle has 14 stages, and can live from 50-100 days.


Ray

 

[pwhitby]

there are bound to be many that didnt get eaten Ray...besides....you love your fish dont you? Whats a mere $20 in fish food.

(I wont recall some of my more expensive mistakes.....tho the time a $50 fish was eaten within seconds of adding it to the tank by a very large brittle star comes to mind.......)

 

[dugg]

Try an $80 boiled clam lol. I was in Daytona last summer on my bike, when i found a really nice crocea that i just had to have lol. I bought it, put it in my saddle bag, and headed home. Problem there was, i put him in the saddle bag over the headers OOOPS! He was cooked to perfection when i got home. Too bad they aren't good to eat lol.

 

[captbunzo]

This thread makes me .

We are all so good at throwing money down the drain in this hobby...

 

[hiflykitty]

When i was very very new to the hobby, i fed an $8 peppermint shrimp to a snowflake eel. I was like "the eel is so tiny, and the shrimp is at three times the size of its mouth so it shouldn't get eaten" When i put the shrimp into the tank it settled very nicely on a rock and then right before my eyes the eel bit it in half and ate it in two bites.

 

[captbunzo]

Now that REALLY hurts....

 

[Lazyreefer]

Too bad they aren't good to eat lol.


They are good to eat. Walt Smith has a site with thousands of empty shells. They are not great tasting and the last things the locals will eat.