Getting pods in the new fuge???

chuckdallas · 04/20/2011, 12:54 PM

I just pulled out the old Wet-Dry (8 months old) and switched to a DIY 3 compartment sump , with a separate skimmer compartment and fuge. I have 5 mangroves plants in a shallow plastic holder in the top of the fuge and about 3 handfuls of Chaeto under the lights in the rest of the fuge.

I want to get the copepods going. What's the best way? Should I just buy a bottle of Dr. G's (or similar) liquid copepods (I believe they are live) and dump the whole bottle into the fuge, which is a 10 gallon aquarium that sits inside a 20-30 gallon Rubbermaid tub.

Other ideas?

disc1 · 04/20/2011, 02:00 PM

That will work, or get a little chaeto from someone who has pods.

jmacc702 · 04/20/2011, 02:33 PM

when people put pods in the fuge to grow to feed lets say a mandarin for example, how do they get the pods to the aquarium for feeding? (I'm about to start my first reef and would like to keep a mandarin at some point but heard of their difficult feeding)

disc1 · 04/20/2011, 02:54 PM

Most copepods are small enough to make it through the return pump with little difficulty. So they just get sprayed into the tank through the return.

jmacc702 · 04/22/2011, 12:29 AM

...and the refugium provides them a safe haven to reproduce without getting eaten? ok makes perfect sense thank you for clarifying!

movado · 04/22/2011, 01:43 PM

That's what I did. In about a month my tank was swarming with pods!

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Originally Posted by chuckdallas

I just pulled out the old Wet-Dry (8 months old) and switched to a DIY 3 compartment sump , with a separate skimmer compartment and fuge. I have 5 mangroves plants in a shallow plastic holder in the top of the fuge and about 3 handfuls of Chaeto under the lights in the rest of the fuge.

I want to get the copepods going. What's the best way? Should I just buy a bottle of Dr. G's (or similar) liquid copepods (I believe they are live) and dump the whole bottle into the fuge, which is a 10 gallon aquarium that sits inside a 20-30 gallon Rubbermaid tub.

Other ideas?

Lynnmw1208 · 04/22/2011, 03:00 PM

They make it through the pump. What I do is when I trim my cheato since it grows like crazy, I take that lump I cut off and shake it into my tank to let the pods go too. I don't want to waste

04/20/2011, 12:54 PM	#1
chuckdallas Tank Tinkerer Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 937	Getting pods in the new fuge??? I just pulled out the old Wet-Dry (8 months old) and switched to a DIY 3 compartment sump , with a separate skimmer compartment and fuge. I have 5 mangroves plants in a shallow plastic holder in the top of the fuge and about 3 handfuls of Chaeto under the lights in the rest of the fuge. I want to get the copepods going. What's the best way? Should I just buy a bottle of Dr. G's (or similar) liquid copepods (I believe they are live) and dump the whole bottle into the fuge, which is a 10 gallon aquarium that sits inside a 20-30 gallon Rubbermaid tub. Other ideas? __________________ Lots of equipment left over from the 140 gallon tank teardown. Oct 21st was a sad day. Wife said I would have to get a new wife to get a new tank. I'm sure gonna miss the wife. Current Tank Info: No tank, no fish, no coral :(

04/22/2011, 03:00 PM	#7
Lynnmw1208 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Brunswick, Ohio Posts: 3,306	They make it through the pump. What I do is when I trim my cheato since it grows like crazy, I take that lump I cut off and shake it into my tank to let the pods go too. I don't want to waste __________________ equipment: Eshopps psk-200 skimmer, Mag 12 pump, 30gal sump, 2x 300w Finnex heaters, glass-holes 1500gph overflow kit with 3/4" return kits, 72" 8x36w t-5 AquaticLife light, 66lbs of LR, 150lbs of tropic eden reeflakes, 2 Koralia Evo 1400, JBJ ATO, BRS dual GFO/carbon reactors, Hydor smartwave Current Tank Info: 125gallon

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04/20/2011, 02:00 PM	#2
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	That will work, or get a little chaeto from someone who has pods.

04/20/2011, 02:33 PM	#3
jmacc702 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Currently: Les Sables-d'Olonne, France \| Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 282	when people put pods in the fuge to grow to feed lets say a mandarin for example, how do they get the pods to the aquarium for feeding? (I'm about to start my first reef and would like to keep a mandarin at some point but heard of their difficult feeding)

04/20/2011, 02:54 PM	#4
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	Most copepods are small enough to make it through the return pump with little difficulty. So they just get sprayed into the tank through the return.

04/22/2011, 12:29 AM	#5
jmacc702 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Currently: Les Sables-d'Olonne, France \| Hometown: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 282	...and the refugium provides them a safe haven to reproduce without getting eaten? ok makes perfect sense thank you for clarifying!