Would love to grow pods!

inachu · 04/09/2008, 11:50 AM

Best practices to get them growing as fast as possible?

Would be cool to sell them locally.

Troutmasters02 · 04/09/2008, 12:05 PM

Buy a bottle of pods and seed your refug/tank.

inachu · 04/09/2008, 12:22 PM

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Originally posted by Troutmasters02
Buy a bottle of pods and seed your refug/tank.

Do pods live at all levels of sand bed
nomatter how deep??

Troutmasters02 · 04/09/2008, 01:57 PM

I think pods live on surfaces like LR, empty hermit crab shells..etc.

Aquarist007 · 04/09/2008, 02:12 PM

to increase their numbers greatly you need a separate refugium

this thread might help
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1349443

papagimp · 04/09/2008, 03:21 PM

as well as a seperate refugium, will need to dose phytoplankton. The larger pods don't feed on it, but their nauplii do (the babies).
And they do not live at ALL levels of a sandbed, but their are various micro infauna that can be found throughout a sandbed and these little critters serve a very good purpose in our sandbeds. Keeps the bed stired, turned, and cleaned.

not sure how well it would go selling pods, but people in your area are in need, than probably could. POds are not "rare" by any means and most all reef tanks will have them, even non reef tanks (fowlr and fo) They just come in like any other hitchiker. Newer tanks usually see a nice explosion of them for awhile, but numbers do tend to decline as the tank stabalizes and matures. Thi9s is where dosing the phyto will help keep their numbers up.

Also want to avoid pod eating fish and critters for the maximum pod population. Many fish that seem to be popular will feed on pods, from mandarins, wrasses, dartfish, gobies, ect. ect. ect. And many critters such as some starfish, snails, and even larger critters such as flatworms.

search around the net and you'll find plenty of information pertaining to culturing pods. Not difficult to do but does require a little bit of time and effort. Will need constant phytoplankton cultures running so may as well reserearch that as well, again realy easy to do, just takes time and effort....and a little research of course.

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Troutmasters02 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 25	Buy a bottle of pods and seed your refug/tank. __________________ Buy a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for life. Current Tank Info: TruVu 125 Gallon in the works

04/09/2008, 01:57 PM	#4
Troutmasters02 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: California Posts: 25	I think pods live on surfaces like LR, empty hermit crab shells..etc. __________________ Buy a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he'll eat for life. Current Tank Info: TruVu 125 Gallon in the works

04/09/2008, 02:12 PM	#5
Aquarist007 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Hamilton, Canada Posts: 28,240 Blog Entries: 1	to increase their numbers greatly you need a separate refugium this thread might help http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh...readid=1349443 __________________ 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

04/09/2008, 03:21 PM	#6
papagimp COMAS Rocks! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Oklahoma City, OK Posts: 8,185 Blog Entries: 2	as well as a seperate refugium, will need to dose phytoplankton. The larger pods don't feed on it, but their nauplii do (the babies). And they do not live at ALL levels of a sandbed, but their are various micro infauna that can be found throughout a sandbed and these little critters serve a very good purpose in our sandbeds. Keeps the bed stired, turned, and cleaned. not sure how well it would go selling pods, but people in your area are in need, than probably could. POds are not "rare" by any means and most all reef tanks will have them, even non reef tanks (fowlr and fo) They just come in like any other hitchiker. Newer tanks usually see a nice explosion of them for awhile, but numbers do tend to decline as the tank stabalizes and matures. Thi9s is where dosing the phyto will help keep their numbers up. Also want to avoid pod eating fish and critters for the maximum pod population. Many fish that seem to be popular will feed on pods, from mandarins, wrasses, dartfish, gobies, ect. ect. ect. And many critters such as some starfish, snails, and even larger critters such as flatworms. search around the net and you'll find plenty of information pertaining to culturing pods. Not difficult to do but does require a little bit of time and effort. Will need constant phytoplankton cultures running so may as well reserearch that as well, again realy easy to do, just takes time and effort....and a little research of course. __________________ 58g Softie & 75g Stoney Member, Central Oklahoma Marine Aquarium Society Current Tank Info: 58g Mixed Reef Project - Started June 2011