I took Ron Shimek seriously and set up a 6" sandbed in my display (75g) AND sump (30g) and now after 8 months I have zillions of worms -- bristleworms and featherdusters. It's crazy how many worms I have on the rocks and in the sand. But I sneak up at night w/flashlight and don't see many or hardly any pods. What's up with that? I was hoping to get hte tank ready for a mandarin dragonet but I'm not sure whether it's a good idea yet.
My current fish population is just an ocellaris pair and a royal gramma (all addicted to flake food) so I don't think anybody else is preying on the pods. I have some aggressive hermits, but I doubt they'd deplete the pod population.
Do mandarins eat worms? If so, it would be a smorgasbord. Otherwise, I'd starve it. Or are the pods just hidng themselves really well.
My current fish population is just an ocellaris pair and a royal gramma (all addicted to flake food) so I don't think anybody else is preying on the pods. I have some aggressive hermits, but I doubt they'd deplete the pod population.
Do mandarins eat worms? If so, it would be a smorgasbord. Otherwise, I'd starve it. Or are the pods just hidng themselves really well.