When/how do you know you have pods

clownFish1313 · 02/05/2008, 05:46 PM

When/how do you know you have pods
iv had 60lbs of live rock that was al ready cured when i got it and now iv had it for 6 months now and and i dont know really what pods look like (i know they are SMALL) or if i have them.

TellyFish · 02/05/2008, 05:55 PM

check your caves and crevices with a flashlight at night. A red lens over the light will help observe them without freaking them out too much.

Aquarist007 · 02/05/2008, 05:57 PM

check this identification page out:

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

Aquarist007 · 02/05/2008, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by TellyFish
check your caves and crevices with a flashlight at night. A red lens over the light will help observe them without freaking them out too much.

I agree--you should see the water teaming with them

HellboundX · 02/05/2008, 06:01 PM

As stated, just check at night with a light, you can see them crawling everywhere. It doesnt have to be a red lens flashlight but the fish dont really like the instant bright light.

Aquarist007 · 02/05/2008, 06:02 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by clownFish1313
When/how do you know you have pods
iv had 60lbs of live rock that was al ready cured when i got it and now iv had it for 6 months now and and i dont know really what pods look like (i know they are SMALL) or if i have them.

if you want lots of pods it may be time to add a refugium to your system--full of chaeto macro--you'll get the added benifit of nitrates and phosphates reduction of the chaeto and lots and lots of copopods and other usefull inverts and bacteria for the tank

clownFish1313 · 02/06/2008, 04:22 PM

i am thinging of a refugium i have a 10 sump and would that be good for a DIY refugium with bubble trap etc. etc.

there are some pixs of my coral and tank

rustynutzz · 02/06/2008, 04:39 PM

I got up real close to the bottom of my tank the other day and found all kinds of white copepods crawling near the bottom on the glass. They are very small. That was with my super actinics on. When I turned on the 50/50's they disappeared. Look at the bottom of the glass near the sand real close at night and see what comes out. My tank has only been up for 3 months with 6 lbs live rock and 30 base rock. Pods everywhere.

Thunk · 02/06/2008, 04:42 PM

lol in addition to what others have said....

Dont freak out like i did when you see your sand moving

You might see them in the morning too when you first turn on the lights. 1000's of little white crawly things all over the glass. They almost look like microscopic hourseshoe crabs till they grow up some. I have lucked out to have some brine shrimp doing thier thing in my tank too. did you know brine shrimp play follow the leader?? lol

02/05/2008, 05:46 PM	#1
clownFish1313 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 160	When/how do you know you have pods When/how do you know you have pods iv had 60lbs of live rock that was al ready cured when i got it and now iv had it for 6 months now and and i dont know really what pods look like (i know they are SMALL) or if i have them.

02/05/2008, 05:55 PM	#2
TellyFish Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chicago 60607 Posts: 1,130	check your caves and crevices with a flashlight at night. A red lens over the light will help observe them without freaking them out too much. __________________ ...and life spirals into astonishing diversity. Current Tank Info: Hawaiian inspired 109g Miracles Rimless - 100g Prop Tank - 300g total system volume

02/05/2008, 05:57 PM	#3
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	check this identification page out: http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html __________________ I prefer my substrates stirred but not shaken Current Tank Info: 150gal long mixed reef, 90gal sump, 60 gal refugium with 200 lbs live rock

02/05/2008, 06:01 PM	#5
HellboundX Moved On Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: utah Posts: 93	As stated, just check at night with a light, you can see them crawling everywhere. It doesnt have to be a red lens flashlight but the fish dont really like the instant bright light.

02/06/2008, 04:22 PM	#7
clownFish1313 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 160	i am thinging of a refugium i have a 10 sump and would that be good for a DIY refugium with bubble trap etc. etc. there are some pixs of my coral and tank

02/06/2008, 04:39 PM	#8
rustynutzz Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 65	I got up real close to the bottom of my tank the other day and found all kinds of white copepods crawling near the bottom on the glass. They are very small. That was with my super actinics on. When I turned on the 50/50's they disappeared. Look at the bottom of the glass near the sand real close at night and see what comes out. My tank has only been up for 3 months with 6 lbs live rock and 30 base rock. Pods everywhere.

02/06/2008, 04:42 PM	#9
Thunk Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Loveland, CO Posts: 144	lol in addition to what others have said.... Dont freak out like i did when you see your sand moving You might see them in the morning too when you first turn on the lights. 1000's of little white crawly things all over the glass. They almost look like microscopic hourseshoe crabs till they grow up some. I have lucked out to have some brine shrimp doing thier thing in my tank too. did you know brine shrimp play follow the leader?? lol