Pods in the filter media.

MyMonkey · 05/01/2006, 09:42 AM

Has anyone changed out the filter pad in a HOB filter (I use the Emeror 400) and found Pods in there? Yesterday, I changed out one side of the filter pads and found at least 10 Copepods in attached to the filter. ( I assume the bigger ones are Copepods not Amphipods, I get those two confused)

Is that normal? I don't want to wast these guys. I tried to save them but they were jumping all over.

Dan Thrash · 05/01/2006, 09:50 AM

i dont doubt that there are some in the filter floss that i replace every week. oh well...so be it. they'll reproduce enough that i wouldnt worry about a few.

Airman · 05/01/2006, 10:24 AM

Don't worry about the few in filter. I am sure your have many more in your tank.

PoukieBear · 05/01/2006, 10:29 AM

I have found them in my filter too. If i can, i usually just pick them off and toss 'em back into the tank for a fish snack.

Kaiser Tang · 05/01/2006, 10:30 AM

Keep the pods! Don't put them down the sink like use to do before I found out how beneficial pods are to your tank.

masterswimmer · 05/01/2006, 10:31 AM

It's the sign of a healthy system. Good job.
Pods will be found in every part of a connected system, when things are going well

BTW, the larger ones are amphipods. You'd have to look REAL close to find the copepods.

swimmer

MyMonkey · 05/01/2006, 11:37 AM

Thanks. I always transpose those two. Next time I will flick them off into the system. Tried to pick them up but by then, they were swimming in tap water. Thanks for the info.

rustybucket145 · 05/01/2006, 11:52 AM

If you set the filter in a shallow cup of aquarium water the pods will bail out and after the dust settles you can get them out with a turkey baster and feed them to your fish. For an all natural meal!!!

Dan Thrash · 05/01/2006, 12:31 PM

do crabs and shrimp eat pods too?

masterswimmer · 05/01/2006, 12:55 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dan Thrash
do crabs and shrimp eat pods too?

I've never seen either of them eat pods.

swimmer

05/01/2006, 09:42 AM	#1
MyMonkey Persona Non Grata Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,106	Pods in the filter media. Has anyone changed out the filter pad in a HOB filter (I use the Emeror 400) and found Pods in there? Yesterday, I changed out one side of the filter pads and found at least 10 Copepods in attached to the filter. ( I assume the bigger ones are Copepods not Amphipods, I get those two confused) Is that normal? I don't want to wast these guys. I tried to save them but they were jumping all over. __________________ The worst thing about an unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Current Tank Info: 20 Long.10 months to my 240 In wall with Fish Room.

05/01/2006, 10:24 AM	#3
Airman Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Boise, ID Posts: 643	Don't worry about the few in filter. I am sure your have many more in your tank. __________________ What is man, that thou art mindful of him?...:) Current Tank Info: 55 Gal, DSB, protein skimmer, UV light, Sump/Refugium

05/01/2006, 10:29 AM	#4
PoukieBear Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ottawa Posts: 2,067	I have found them in my filter too. If i can, i usually just pick them off and toss 'em back into the tank for a fish snack. __________________ Michelle ~Poukie, I'm proud of you for throwing up that cake. ~~Mikey~~ ~You're not drunk if you can lay on the floor without holding on. ~Save the earth, there are no princesses on Mars.

05/01/2006, 10:30 AM	#5
Kaiser Tang Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 1,314	Keep the pods! Don't put them down the sink like use to do before I found out how beneficial pods are to your tank. __________________ "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." Albert Einstein Current Tank Info: Marineland 150 XH Reef w/ 55 AGA Sump, Oceans Motions Super Squirt, Ecotech Marine Vortech, Current Prime 1/3 hp Chiller, 200 lbs. LR, 175 lbs. LS, 800 watts PFO MH and 440 watts IceCap VHO. Softies, LPS, and Clams!

05/01/2006, 10:31 AM	#6
masterswimmer Registered Member. Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: East of the Mississippi, north of the mason dixon line Posts: 3,255	It's the sign of a healthy system. Good job. Pods will be found in every part of a connected system, when things are going well BTW, the larger ones are amphipods. You'd have to look REAL close to find the copepods. swimmer __________________ I said, "look honey, we paid the mortgage and we have all this money left over for the tank." Her response confused me. She said we still needed to buy food and pay the utilities. Current Tank Info: 75 10ecor, SLS TEK 6 x 54w T-5, Lifereef sump & VS2-24" skimmer, 15 gal. AGA fuge

05/01/2006, 09:50 AM	#2
Dan Thrash Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 578	i dont doubt that there are some in the filter floss that i replace every week. oh well...so be it. they'll reproduce enough that i wouldnt worry about a few.

05/01/2006, 11:37 AM	#7
MyMonkey Persona Non Grata Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Oklahoma City Posts: 2,106	Thanks. I always transpose those two. Next time I will flick them off into the system. Tried to pick them up but by then, they were swimming in tap water. Thanks for the info. __________________ The worst thing about an unwritten law is that you don't know where to go to erase it. Current Tank Info: 20 Long.10 months to my 240 In wall with Fish Room.

05/01/2006, 11:52 AM	#8
rustybucket145 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: valdosta, ga Posts: 3,707	If you set the filter in a shallow cup of aquarium water the pods will bail out and after the dust settles you can get them out with a turkey baster and feed them to your fish. For an all natural meal!!! __________________ 400gals of various tanks in the same system. Current Tank Info: 2 175w MH, 2 VH0 Actinics, Lots of Live Rock, tons of copepods, a Fat Mandarin Goby, Niger Trigger, Yellow Tang, Falco Hawkfish, Bi-Color Pseudo, numerous soft, SPS and LPS Corals

05/01/2006, 12:31 PM	#9
Dan Thrash Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 578	do crabs and shrimp eat pods too?