can you have too many pods?

jeremymcm · 02/27/2011, 08:20 PM

Because of my mandarin I've been buying at least 1 bottle of pods every week since at least a month before i got him. I've recently noticed a ton in my fuge and at night i see a bunch running around the display tank... these suckers are huge too, I'm not sure my mandarin could even eat some of them. Should i stop dosing or can you not have too many pods?

Raggamuffin · 02/27/2011, 08:24 PM

the population will only stay at what your tank can support. you can suppliment but it will fall again

zenpytho · 02/27/2011, 08:28 PM

u also want a really high adult count to support a mandarin they wil eat alot of small ones so adults need to be present to keep producing

GhostCon1 · 02/27/2011, 08:29 PM

Since you said they are huge I am wondering if you actually are looking at amphipods and not copepods.

Also, one bottle a week? That seems like an absurd amount. I have bought one bottle of tigger pods and used it over the course of about a month or so, and my mandarin seems quite happy and actively hunts for all of them.

jeremymcm · 02/27/2011, 08:50 PM

You're right, i thought those little guys i keep throwing in there were growing up but after looking them up it was definitely amphipods. Thanks.

I wanted a mandarin ever since my friend started talking about giving me his tank. So i decided if i got one i would make sure he had plenty of food and add a bottle every week and since i go to the reef store for water every week its ez

GhostCon1 · 02/27/2011, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by jeremymcm

You're right, i thought those little guys i keep throwing in there were growing up but after looking them up it was definitely amphipods. Thanks.

I wanted a mandarin ever since my friend started talking about giving me his tank. So i decided if i got one i would make sure he had plenty of food and add a bottle every week and since i go to the reef store for water every week its ez

My bottles cost $26 lol

jeremymcm · 02/28/2011, 06:33 AM

The bottle with double pods is like $20 here, if i order stuff online i look too cuz usually its cheaper or u might find the buy one get one free deal. I knew it might start gettin pricey but i told myself if i got it i would sacrafice a few beers a week to make sure he wuz well fed lol... didn't want there to be any question about whether or not he had enough food in a smaller tank

Palting · 02/28/2011, 08:03 AM

That's one way to get over the must have a 100gal 1 year old tank rule for mandys. 1 bottle a week! Man, you really must want one!

The only way I can see too many pods being a problem is if they start dying off, youll get a big bioload that needs to be taken care off.

sslak · 02/28/2011, 08:11 AM

Tigger pods won't live long term in your tank, so keep that in mind.

Rather than spending $20 a week, why don't you just culture your own pods? It's really easy to get them to reproduce, I used a double size sandwich container, they will thrive at room temp 70F

Feed them some phyto (also easy to culture at room temp).

Melev's Reef has a pretty good outline on how to do this.

02/27/2011, 08:20 PM	#1
jeremymcm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 40	can you have too many pods? Because of my mandarin I've been buying at least 1 bottle of pods every week since at least a month before i got him. I've recently noticed a ton in my fuge and at night i see a bunch running around the display tank... these suckers are huge too, I'm not sure my mandarin could even eat some of them. Should i stop dosing or can you not have too many pods? __________________ 36g- 45lb fiji, 5lb vanuatu, 1 orange striped cardinal, 1 tailspot blenny, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 green mandarin, 2 platinum perculas, some xenia, and leathers and an austrailian gold tipped torch

02/27/2011, 08:29 PM	#4
GhostCon1 Rebmem Deretsiger Join Date: May 2010 Location: Georgia Posts: 1,590	Since you said they are huge I am wondering if you actually are looking at amphipods and not copepods. Also, one bottle a week? That seems like an absurd amount. I have bought one bottle of tigger pods and used it over the course of about a month or so, and my mandarin seems quite happy and actively hunts for all of them. __________________ In the works Current Tank Info: Getting a big'un

02/27/2011, 08:50 PM	#5
jeremymcm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 40	You're right, i thought those little guys i keep throwing in there were growing up but after looking them up it was definitely amphipods. Thanks. I wanted a mandarin ever since my friend started talking about giving me his tank. So i decided if i got one i would make sure he had plenty of food and add a bottle every week and since i go to the reef store for water every week its ez __________________ 36g- 45lb fiji, 5lb vanuatu, 1 orange striped cardinal, 1 tailspot blenny, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 green mandarin, 2 platinum perculas, some xenia, and leathers and an austrailian gold tipped torch

02/28/2011, 06:33 AM	#7
jeremymcm Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2010 Posts: 40	The bottle with double pods is like $20 here, if i order stuff online i look too cuz usually its cheaper or u might find the buy one get one free deal. I knew it might start gettin pricey but i told myself if i got it i would sacrafice a few beers a week to make sure he wuz well fed lol... didn't want there to be any question about whether or not he had enough food in a smaller tank __________________ 36g- 45lb fiji, 5lb vanuatu, 1 orange striped cardinal, 1 tailspot blenny, 1 yellow watchman goby, 1 green mandarin, 2 platinum perculas, some xenia, and leathers and an austrailian gold tipped torch

02/28/2011, 08:03 AM	#8
Palting Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Ohio Posts: 6,912	That's one way to get over the must have a 100gal 1 year old tank rule for mandys. 1 bottle a week! Man, you really must want one! The only way I can see too many pods being a problem is if they start dying off, youll get a big bioload that needs to be taken care off. __________________ Anything I post is just an opinion. One of many in this hobby. Believe and follow at your own risk of rapid and complete annihilation of all life in your tank :) Current Tank Info: Incept 3/2010, 150 RR, 50g sump, 20g fuge, 150w 15K MH x3, T5 actinics x8, moonlight LED x6, 1400gph return, Koralia 1400 x4, 300 g skimmer, 4 tangs, 2 mandarins, 2 perc, 6 line, 3 cardinals, 2 firefish, SPS, LPS, zoas, palys, shrooms, clam

02/27/2011, 08:24 PM	#2
Raggamuffin Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brandon SD. Posts: 541	the population will only stay at what your tank can support. you can suppliment but it will fall again

02/27/2011, 08:28 PM	#3
zenpytho Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 160	u also want a really high adult count to support a mandarin they wil eat alot of small ones so adults need to be present to keep producing

02/28/2011, 08:11 AM	#9
sslak Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 1,705	Tigger pods won't live long term in your tank, so keep that in mind. Rather than spending $20 a week, why don't you just culture your own pods? It's really easy to get them to reproduce, I used a double size sandwich container, they will thrive at room temp 70F Feed them some phyto (also easy to culture at room temp). Melev's Reef has a pretty good outline on how to do this. __________________ Steve Current Tank Info: 58 Oceanic/20g Sump/250w XM 20k/2x39w T5 True Actinic 03/2010 Reef Octopus NW Cone Skimmer

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