Refuge in sump

KirbyL · 12/25/2009, 03:44 PM

I wanted to add a green mandarin in my tank and wanted to know with the bubble trap and the pump will the pods be able to go up into the display tank safely?

KirbyL · 12/25/2009, 03:47 PM

well i had posted one of these already and didnt know how to use this forum so sorry for any inconvenience.I got the info now ty all

Grandreef 2 · 12/26/2009, 06:43 AM

I think you would be okay. But dont take me for your final answer because I have never handeled a mandarin.

Also why are you putting them in your sump refuge? You could just put them in your display. My friend has been doing it for over a year now, it is a risk because you could be adding something else but it is worth it.

lordofthereef · 12/26/2009, 06:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Grandreef 2

I think you would be okay. But dont take me for your final answer because I have never handeled a mandarin.

Also why are you putting them in your sump refuge? You could just put them in your display. My friend has been doing it for over a year now, it is a risk because you could be adding something else but it is worth it.

The OP wants them to thrive and populate the macro algae so that he/she doesn't need to keep buying them.

reefscape15 · 12/26/2009, 07:12 AM

If your tank and fuge is set up correctly with enough rock in the display tank and a diverse, healthy fuge, you will always have enough pods flowing back into the display to feed a Mandarin. People have been keeping then for years and years without any special tricks. A properly setup and maintained system is all that's needed.

pimpman75 · 12/26/2009, 04:47 PM

your manderin couldnt ealt all ur pods so i suggest you add them to ur main tank and add a few to ur fuge!

AzCondor · 12/26/2009, 04:50 PM

I hear you just put a 1 inch sandbed, some LR chunks, and chaeto in there and then dump some pods into it and your good to go to feed a mandarin. but I haven't kept a mandarin...

12/25/2009, 03:44 PM	#1
KirbyL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Queens,Ny Posts: 11	Refuge in sump I wanted to add a green mandarin in my tank and wanted to know with the bubble trap and the pump will the pods be able to go up into the display tank safely?

12/26/2009, 07:12 AM	#5
reefscape15 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Elmira Heights, NY Posts: 2,812	If your tank and fuge is set up correctly with enough rock in the display tank and a diverse, healthy fuge, you will always have enough pods flowing back into the display to feed a Mandarin. People have been keeping then for years and years without any special tricks. A properly setup and maintained system is all that's needed. __________________ A new beginning........... JIM Current Tank Info: 5g standard softie/zoa tank, just starting a 20H

12/26/2009, 04:47 PM	#6
pimpman75 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Pembroke Pines, FL Posts: 52	your manderin couldnt ealt all ur pods so i suggest you add them to ur main tank and add a few to ur fuge! __________________ THE REEF CHEIF.. Current Tank Info: 120 perfecto REEF TANK

12/26/2009, 04:50 PM	#7
AzCondor Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 72	I hear you just put a 1 inch sandbed, some LR chunks, and chaeto in there and then dump some pods into it and your good to go to feed a mandarin. but I haven't kept a mandarin... __________________ Vegetarian-A bad hunter. Someone who survives by consuming not food, but the stuff that food eats. The vegetarian was forced to subsist on slower prey, such as the broccoli and carrot.

12/25/2009, 03:47 PM	#2
KirbyL Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Queens,Ny Posts: 11	well i had posted one of these already and didnt know how to use this forum so sorry for any inconvenience.I got the info now ty all

12/26/2009, 06:43 AM	#3
Grandreef 2 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: burlington, vermont Posts: 376	I think you would be okay. But dont take me for your final answer because I have never handeled a mandarin. Also why are you putting them in your sump refuge? You could just put them in your display. My friend has been doing it for over a year now, it is a risk because you could be adding something else but it is worth it.