How not to chop up pods

boosted_347 · 02/02/2015, 11:42 PM

Ok... what am I overlooking here? If I have a refugium in my sump I'd use it to grow pods, etc. When that water gets pumped back to the display tank how do you not end up with dead/chopped up pods from the impeller? Or am I overthinking this?

Thanks!

jason2459 · 02/03/2015, 12:16 AM

Some may die but many more will survive and get pushed through just fine.

whosurcaddie · 02/03/2015, 07:30 AM

Yeah you shouldn't worry about this at all they will populate your entire system.

ca1ore · 02/03/2015, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by boosted_347

Or am I overthinking this?

Overthinking is endemic to this hobby. So I, Mr. Pot, would suggest that you, Mr. Kettle, probably are overthinking things. There was a movement, many years ago, to popularize bellows pumps as the main return. Trouble was, they didn't work all that well, were horribly inefficient, and pods seemed to proliferate in the display even with the supposed sheer damage from centrifugal pumps. Lots of things to worry about in this hobby, but don't think chopping up pods is one of them.

Sk8r · 02/03/2015, 11:30 AM

I've had even amphipods come through an Iwaki pump (a real Cuisinart with a metal impeller) just fine. They'll have no trouble.

FraggledRock · 02/03/2015, 11:46 AM

quick snacks for your pod eating fish =}

cloak · 02/03/2015, 01:18 PM

If you have any flake food on hand you might want to pull out 2 or 3 individual flakes and place them in a cup of water. (1/4" x 1/4") Once they become saturated, pour them right by the intake of your return pump. When they come flying out in the DT, you'll see just how fine that impeller is chopping things up.

Like mentioned above, pods really don't have anything to worry about in most cases.

02/02/2015, 11:42 PM	#1
boosted_347 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Shawnee, KS Posts: 99	How not to chop up pods Ok... what am I overlooking here? If I have a refugium in my sump I'd use it to grow pods, etc. When that water gets pumped back to the display tank how do you not end up with dead/chopped up pods from the impeller? Or am I overthinking this? Thanks!

02/03/2015, 12:16 AM	#2
jason2459 Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Iowa Posts: 9,671	Some may die but many more will survive and get pushed through just fine. __________________ rebuild and recovery log: No more red house, you'll have to click on my name and visit my homepage! You can check out my parameters at reeftronics dot net website and look for my username. Current Tank Info: 180g mixed reef w/ a beananimal overflow to a dolomite RRUGF. \| 20g long G. Smithii Mantis Tank

02/03/2015, 11:30 AM	#5
Sk8r RC Mod Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Spokane WA Posts: 34,628 Blog Entries: 55	I've had even amphipods come through an Iwaki pump (a real Cuisinart with a metal impeller) just fine. They'll have no trouble. __________________ Sk8r Salinity 1.024-6; alkalinity 8.3-9.3 on KH scale; calcium 420; magnesium 1300, temp 78-80, nitrate .2. Ammonia 0. No filters: lps tank. Alk and cal won't rise if mg is low. Current Tank Info: 105g AquaVim wedge, yellow tang, sailfin blenny,royal gramma, ocellaris clown pair, yellow watchman, 100 microceriths, 25 tiny hermits, a 4" conch, 1" nassarius, recovering from 2 year hiatus with daily water change of 10%.

02/03/2015, 11:46 AM	#6
FraggledRock Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: New York, New York Posts: 2,185	quick snacks for your pod eating fish =} __________________ “For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century he is beginning to realize that, in order to survive, he must protect it.”― Jacques-Yves Cousteau MarineBio.org Current Tank Info: 40 Gallon Breeder w/ Bean Animal Overflow 20G Sump, Mixed Reef.

02/03/2015, 07:30 AM	#3
whosurcaddie Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,354	Yeah you shouldn't worry about this at all they will populate your entire system.

02/03/2015, 01:18 PM	#7
cloak Moved On Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 14,854	If you have any flake food on hand you might want to pull out 2 or 3 individual flakes and place them in a cup of water. (1/4" x 1/4") Once they become saturated, pour them right by the intake of your return pump. When they come flying out in the DT, you'll see just how fine that impeller is chopping things up. Like mentioned above, pods really don't have anything to worry about in most cases.