Best Way To Add Pods

sjj80 · 04/26/2008, 11:49 PM

My tank has cycled base rock and dry rock so unfortunately I don't have any pods. I have a fuge with chaeto setup and very porous rock as well as dry rubble rock that I'm cycling and I want to know whether I should buy pods or if it would be better to buy live rock rubble. Also where can I buy the best pods online?

masonicman · 04/27/2008, 05:24 AM

Chaeto have pods in it. The refuge is a safe haven for pods. They will multiply and they will eventually make their way into the main display tank. I would not spend more buying pods when you have some all ready. They are like Baybay's kids "They don't die the multiply.

m2434 · 04/27/2008, 07:32 AM

I'd agree. There are some online vendors selling pods, but if you have a fuge, with chaeto, you are likley all set..

Ah-lim · 04/27/2008, 08:09 AM

Had a pod explosion.
Place my fuge beside the window with chaeto...and boommm....

You could get some chaeto from fellow reefers. Much faster that way.

N-A-S-O · 04/27/2008, 08:34 AM

Baybay's kids.. now thats funny

useskaforevil · 04/27/2008, 01:17 PM

people on these forums sometimes don't read the questions they're answering.

i would just buy a bottle of pods from live aquaria or from someone on the forums. if you buy live rock you'll probably be set, but i would just get pods so you don't have to worry.

sjj80 · 04/27/2008, 04:09 PM

Thanks, that's the kind of answer I was looking for.

04/26/2008, 11:49 PM	#1
sjj80 Hater of Hair Algae Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 1,098	Best Way To Add Pods My tank has cycled base rock and dry rock so unfortunately I don't have any pods. I have a fuge with chaeto setup and very porous rock as well as dry rubble rock that I'm cycling and I want to know whether I should buy pods or if it would be better to buy live rock rubble. Also where can I buy the best pods online? __________________ 90g, two Korallia 4s, EuroReef RS135 skimmer, trying to upgrade my lighting. Current Tank Info: 90g under rehab!

04/27/2008, 05:24 AM	#2
masonicman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: NJ Posts: 1,313	Chaeto have pods in it. The refuge is a safe haven for pods. They will multiply and they will eventually make their way into the main display tank. I would not spend more buying pods when you have some all ready. They are like Baybay's kids "They don't die the multiply. __________________ It is better to ask for forgiveness then to ask for permission.......... Current Tank Info: 75 gal mixed reef, 216w LED, Remora Pro skimmer, HOB fuge, 400w htr, ATO RO/DI, 90lbs LR and 1" SB.

04/27/2008, 07:32 AM	#3
m2434 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 2,171	I'd agree. There are some online vendors selling pods, but if you have a fuge, with chaeto, you are likley all set.. __________________ Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which are there. ~Richard Feynman

04/27/2008, 08:34 AM	#5
N-A-S-O Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Tampa Posts: 1,973	Baybay's kids.. now thats funny __________________ Adopt the pace of nature, her secret is patience. Current Tank Info: 110g sps

04/27/2008, 01:17 PM	#6
useskaforevil Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: kent, ohio Posts: 1,012	people on these forums sometimes don't read the questions they're answering. i would just buy a bottle of pods from live aquaria or from someone on the forums. if you buy live rock you'll probably be set, but i would just get pods so you don't have to worry. __________________ "and the delicate mechanism stripped its gears" Current Tank Info: 80gallon bowfront

04/27/2008, 08:09 AM	#4
Ah-lim Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 33	Had a pod explosion. Place my fuge beside the window with chaeto...and boommm.... You could get some chaeto from fellow reefers. Much faster that way.

04/27/2008, 04:09 PM	#7
sjj80 Hater of Hair Algae Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Springs, CO Posts: 1,098	Thanks, that's the kind of answer I was looking for. __________________ 90g, two Korallia 4s, EuroReef RS135 skimmer, trying to upgrade my lighting. Current Tank Info: 90g under rehab!