pods
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Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
local as in Buffalo?
I can supply pods if given advance notice of a week or two.
I can supply pods if given advance notice of a week or two.
acdraindrps
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Gary hook me up! Put me on the list 
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
do you have ANY pods at all in your system right now?
josh.vince
Premium Member
so yeah Gary - i was thinking along the same lines. I have pods in my system - I can see them wiggling around in the refugium - so I assume they are in the display tank, just not obvious.
So why would someone need to "buy" pods? In my system they just showed up - probably from some live rock or macroalgae I obtained.
On a side note - how do you know when you have "enough" pods to support something like a mandarin or goby?
So why would someone need to "buy" pods? In my system they just showed up - probably from some live rock or macroalgae I obtained.
On a side note - how do you know when you have "enough" pods to support something like a mandarin or goby?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
someone would need to buy pods if they didn't have any... or if they thought they didn't have any (of the right type- in this case we're all talking about amphipods, hopefully.)
You know that you have enough pods to support a Mandarinfish when the fish stays fat without supplemental feedings. It sounds kind of obvious, and it is. The common mistake is that people make the assumption that they can keep a Mandarinfish alive with supplemental feedings if it's not getting enough natural fare.
This is a very bad assumption IME.
You cannot be successful with a Mandarinfish long term if your aquarium system doesn't produce enough natural foods to sustain it.
The best thing to do is have a LOT of liverock harboring lots of pods OR make sure to attach a refugium to the display and cultivate a pod population there.
I toss out a lot of pods (unintentionally) every week when I clean out my mechanical filters. I try to save as many as I can.
josh.vince
Premium Member
so i guess how do you know you have enough pods to support a mandarin *before* buying one?
I'm also guessing here that gobies (specifically orange spotted or diamond) require pods to survive. I lost 2 of these at different times early on and I think it was due to not enough natural foods in my system. Each one would eat frozen food that I fed the tank, but I could literally see the goby getting skinnier until it would pass on...
Is my above assumption valid?
Also - if I see pods in my refugium (which is in my sump) - can I assume they will make it safely to my display (via the return pump)? I'm guessing yes, since they somehow make it to the filter sock which is fed by the drain from the display...
I'm also guessing here that gobies (specifically orange spotted or diamond) require pods to survive. I lost 2 of these at different times early on and I think it was due to not enough natural foods in my system. Each one would eat frozen food that I fed the tank, but I could literally see the goby getting skinnier until it would pass on...
Is my above assumption valid?
Also - if I see pods in my refugium (which is in my sump) - can I assume they will make it safely to my display (via the return pump)? I'm guessing yes, since they somehow make it to the filter sock which is fed by the drain from the display...
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
orange spotted or diamond gobies I've never had success with. They starve to death. You need a large sandbed loaded with all types of microfauna to keep them fat and happy.
Amphipods in a sump will safely make it through a return pump to the display IME.
Amphipods in a sump will safely make it through a return pump to the display IME.
josh.vince
Premium Member
any recommendations on a species of goby that has a good success rate?
are there any sand-sifting gobies that fit the above question?
are there any sand-sifting gobies that fit the above question?
Gary Majchrzak
Team RC
I've never had luck with any sand sifting Gobies.
Additionally- most species aren't good for a system. They destroy what you'd want in a functional DSB. A SSB typically doesn't contain enough food for them.
Additionally- most species aren't good for a system. They destroy what you'd want in a functional DSB. A SSB typically doesn't contain enough food for them.
josh.vince
Premium Member
ahhh - that makes sense
I have a healthy and growing and Diamond Goby(Valencia Puellaris) in my 120g. I've kept it for 15months.I use a shallow sand bed in this tank with from .5 to 2inches of oolicitc(sugar grained) sand(deeper in the back). The sand is primarily for aesthetics and hideouts for wrasses. There is also a good amount of live rock in the tank and a refugium in the basement. This tank houses 17 fish overall. I feed 2xper day and include some cyclopeeze in the mix.
