I have a three gal. dwarf set up which I stocked with Tigger pods and Reef pods (I think they are the same thing just different companies selling) both came with water and you just pour into the tank, preferably onto rocks if you have any (I do not). I also add my decapped Brine once a day, however when I had fry in the tank I had to go almost a week without adding any decapped brine and lost no fry during this period. So I definatly believe the babies will/do eat the pods. My tank is also loaded with Grammarus pods and I have not seen any intrest in these by young or adults. I did speak with the guys at the plants where they are packaged and both told me I could get a bucket or small container with an air line, no stone and some filter floss or padding (make a little pile) and also, add some phytoplankton for them to feed(they use DT's). add the pods to these and they will reproduce on their own, just fling one of the pads over your tank and they will fall out/off the pads into display for feeding(this is being done for sea-dragons in the big aquariums where they have had a lot of problems with feeding, so it does work) You will also have to change 100% of the bucket water every 2-3 days, but the culture will stay alive and keep reproducing. I have not tried the culture thing myself, but that was what I was told to do. It's been 3 months since I added them and can still see them in there when I slow down my flow, and the dwarfs have been getting real fat. My wife is always aking if the females are prego because they are so fat. sorry for the long post, but hope this helps.
I do it once in the morning before work and again in the evening before lights out, if I miss a water change I get huge algae problems quick, but as long as I stay on top of it everything stays in check. The system was running for almost a year before I added any livestock, I believe this has helped my parameters stay pretty stable.
