Ready for mandarin?

[Lynnmw1208]

My 125 gallon tank with 30 gallon sump is infested with pods! I mean it looks like it is snowing in my tank, and every one I see on the glass has an egg sac. I went to use the mag float yesterday and I had to be careful not to squish them as they were ALL over the glass :lol: I'm thinking my rocks are so porous (pukani rock) that they are breeding like mad inside the rocks! Just wondering if a mandarin could possibly be my first fish as the food supply is abundant. I will be getting some chaeto for the sump shortly as well.

 

[Sk8r]

Should be good: BUT, set up a fuge in that sump with sand and live rock AND cheato to back it up fairly soon: you'll be amazed how many pods a mandy can eat.

 

[Lynnmw1208]

Should be good: BUT, set up a fuge in that sump with sand and live rock AND cheato to back it up fairly soon: you'll be amazed how many pods a mandy can eat.

sounds good. I was actually planning on sectioning off a section of my sump with some eggcrate and adding LR and chaeto. I have a pretty deep sand bed in the DT with reeflakes and I believe the pods are breeding there as well. The substrate size is a little larger than other sands and I can see them going in and out of the crevices. So fun to watch really!