IS it possiable?

Jesika_rose · 11/07/2006, 10:31 PM

To not have Pods... I have been up and going for like 4 months(wow I just relized that lOL ) and I am not sure if i have any pods.... I bought my live rock and sand off a guy who had a maderian and i think I dont have any... I mean are they really visable. or do they just kind look like a dust particle in window light if you look just at the right time at the right angle???

sir_dudeguy · 11/07/2006, 10:33 PM

well copepods look like tiny little white specs and you usually see them on the glass...but i have more amphipods (that i see anyways..i hardly ever see copepods) and they're bigger..about the size of ants for the most part...some about the size of the big red fire ants. I'd say get a fuge

Jesika_rose · 11/07/2006, 10:34 PM

I do have a fuge just no live rock in it yet!

Dubbin1 · 11/07/2006, 10:36 PM

I am willing to bet that your tank is full of them and you just don't know it. Check the tank with a flashlight after the lights go out and you will see pods running all over the rock.

sir_dudeguy · 11/07/2006, 10:36 PM

lol oh

i'd get a lot of rock rubble and put it in there (on top of a few inches of sand) and then put a big ball of chaeto in there...then i'd pay the 17 bucks the lfs wants for a big bottle of pods and dump that in there lol. That would be sure to get your pods at least started imo. (andyou dont have that manderin do you? if you do...thats an obvious reason you got no pods...or any other fish like that for that matter)

bertoni · 11/07/2006, 10:37 PM

Feeding a phytoplankton product might help increase the population of small animals. I use DT's reef mix, but BioPlankton and Phyto-Feast also seem to be good. Try looking at night. Often, animals come out at night.

If you want to seed the tank, ipsf.com and inlandaquatics.com sell kits that I like.

11/07/2006, 10:31 PM	#1
Jesika_rose Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: West Ky Posts: 184	IS it possiable? To not have Pods... I have been up and going for like 4 months(wow I just relized that lOL ) and I am not sure if i have any pods.... I bought my live rock and sand off a guy who had a maderian and i think I dont have any... I mean are they really visable. or do they just kind look like a dust particle in window light if you look just at the right time at the right angle???

11/07/2006, 10:33 PM	#2
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	well copepods look like tiny little white specs and you usually see them on the glass...but i have more amphipods (that i see anyways..i hardly ever see copepods) and they're bigger..about the size of ants for the most part...some about the size of the big red fire ants. I'd say get a fuge __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

11/07/2006, 10:36 PM	#5
sir_dudeguy Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 10,841	lol oh i'd get a lot of rock rubble and put it in there (on top of a few inches of sand) and then put a big ball of chaeto in there...then i'd pay the 17 bucks the lfs wants for a big bottle of pods and dump that in there lol. That would be sure to get your pods at least started imo. (andyou dont have that manderin do you? if you do...thats an obvious reason you got no pods...or any other fish like that for that matter) __________________ TAKE...LUCK!!!

11/07/2006, 10:37 PM	#6
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Feeding a phytoplankton product might help increase the population of small animals. I use DT's reef mix, but BioPlankton and Phyto-Feast also seem to be good. Try looking at night. Often, animals come out at night. If you want to seed the tank, ipsf.com and inlandaquatics.com sell kits that I like. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni

11/07/2006, 10:34 PM	#3
Jesika_rose Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: West Ky Posts: 184	I do have a fuge just no live rock in it yet!

11/07/2006, 10:36 PM	#4
Dubbin1 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Findlay, Ohio Posts: 11,540	I am willing to bet that your tank is full of them and you just don't know it. Check the tank with a flashlight after the lights go out and you will see pods running all over the rock.