Are my pods being filtered out ?

[Clownfish_Boy]

I had seeded my tank with pods a couple of times, and am wondering if they have all ended up in the filters. I have a Aqua-Tech HOB motor filter and a Aquamaxx HOB filer/skimmer combine. I have 40 lbs of dry reef rock in the tank, do you suppose they have established themselves in the rock and the crushed coral sand bed ?

 

[Spare time]

What kind of pods have you added? Some are more likely to swim around than others.

 

[Ratherbeflyen]

I run a 6" x 18" piece filter floss for mechanical filtration in my sump. When I change it out every 7-10 days, the old one is covered in pods, every time. Most pods adhere to the side of the glass or rocks. There is no way that a mechanical filter catches them all.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

What kind of pods have you added? Some are more likely to swim around than others.

They are what is commonly called Tigger pods (Tigriopus).
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[Spieg]

Some are almost certainly being sucked into your filter. I always find some in my filter socks when I change them out. I just grab them and throw them back in the tank.

 

[Clownfish_Boy]

Some are almost certainly being sucked into your filter. I always find some in my filter socks when I change them out. I just grab them and throw them back in the tank.

How do you grab pods ? They are awfully tiny.

 

[Spieg]

Tweezers. Larger species can be picked up bare handed.