I have an idea, I look at some setups online about copepod cultures and I was wondering would a 1 gallon tank or like a 5 gallon tank with a bubler lighting, a heater, about an inch of sand some live rock rubble and some chaeto algea sorta like a refugium but not attached to the tank display And like a a plastic transporter to transport them to the main tank. Just a thought of a seperate pod grower
Pod separate tank
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leveldrummer
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you have described a refugium, why wouldnt you want it attached to the tank? why transport them when you can just let them breed and they will make their way into the tank naturally?
NanoJosh
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You're better off using straight BB the pods make detritus so u want to be able to syphon it once a week also BB makes harvest so much easier. Reef nutrition sells an apparatus online that is like the kid for a standard 5 gal bucket with filter pad and rigid airline really all the pods need is a steady source of phyto I give mine cheato every now and then but they don't really need all those thrills. It just makes cleaning and harvest that much easier
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arteaction
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rI've kept a seperate pod tank for years. 5 g bubbler,heater, and a HD reflector light with a spiral daylight ,cheato,sand and rubble. I throw in algae flakes once in a while for amphods and green water for small pods. I rotate out rubble from the pod tank to the seahorse tank. IAlso filter out pods though a coffee filter and swish it in the tank. This way the sea hoses have a supply. The ones in the rubble are placed in at night and can find a place to reproduce. Having just a straight fuge on the tank the horses seem to eat everything. Separate they produce faster. Just remember to do a small water change once in a while.
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I'm in pretty much the same boat here, only instead of a small tank, I am planning a 30g refuge. I do want to note a couple things. Remember that pods like it dirtier than sps do, so some det. in the pod tank is not as big an issue. Also of note: pods breed exceedingly fast. I started with a ball of chaeto and 2 lb of live rock about 60 days ago in a 20L. I have now also gotten my 58RR up and running. Both have lots of pods from that initial start, the 20L has areas where I can count at least 10 visible copepods per square inch.
arteaction
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I just have a heater and a airstone. I used a homedepot clip on light with a reflector and a daylIght cf. Yes you need to keep it going. I use a small amount of sand rubble rock cheato. I put in algae flake on in awhile and some
green water( you don't need this) and pods. To start.
green water( you don't need this) and pods. To start.
ReeferKimberly
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I have a 10 gallon I used to have as a reef I never broke down. No filter, just a heater and a bubbler. I just use a 26 watt CFL for light. I have found the best way to transfer pods if you don't set it up as a fuge is to get one of those green strawberry baskets, fill it with snail shells, and leave it in the tank a while and then transfer it back and forth between tanks. The pods get trapped in the shells and a fair few transfer over each time. I don't clean it or feed anything special. Just top off and sometimes add a bit of trace elements (grow chaeto and some algae/whatnot as well) and feed just something or other once or twice a week. Honestly the pods just multiply and multiply without my help. I have things in there I don't even know where they came from.
It is not pretty, but it sure does grow a ton of pods.
It is not pretty, but it sure does grow a ton of pods.
