Could Clowns Decimate Pods Before Dragonet arrives?

[Dark_Knightt]

Good to hear! Best of luck going forward!

Fins up!

Hey just wondering, im looking at my tank glass this morning and I see what are about the size of pods, kinda smaller, but they seem to be slithering and wiggling slowly like worms/larvae. Do have a cycle in their life where they live as nomadic larvae? Because in that case ive got like 1000 of those on my front glass alone.
Also unrelated but my BTA is hiding half in the shadows and half in the light, but thanfully its right beside my clowns' hideout.

 

[Reef Nutrition]

Hey just wondering, im looking at my tank glass this morning and I see what are about the size of pods, kinda smaller, but they seem to be slithering and wiggling slowly like worms/larvae. Do have a cycle in their life where they live as nomadic larvae? Because in that case ive got like 1000 of those on my front glass alone.
Also unrelated but my BTA is hiding half in the shadows and half in the light, but thanfully its right beside my clowns' hideout.

Do you have some good pictures or videos you can supply? Would love to help you identify what you are describing.

Chad

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Do you have some good pictures or videos you can supply? Would love to help you identify what you are describing.

Chad

Sorry I cant get a picture, theyre on the glass and theyre probably less than half a millimeter. They just look like lots of little mini white worms on the glass, and then theres also these little mini white dots which I would presume are copepod eggs.

 

[Pistol Peet]

I see you've got lots of comments don't know what they say all's I know is I have two different types of clownfish one is a long fin clownfish other not sure never once have I seen them eat p o d s only Nano brine

 

[Pistol Peet]

What you're describing on the glass is more than likely pods micro fauna

 

[OrionN]

Oh just so you know i dont have the fish yet. If things go well im going to add the fish in a motnh or two. When i get the fish im going to add maybe 10,000 pods to the tank. But yes im going to start cultivating pods and dosing phyto almost daily to feed the pods. The algagen pods give you enough phyto in the bag to last the post aobut a month, but im going to order some online probably in a few days so i can keep them fed.

I would just spend all that money change the reef tank to a 65 gal tank. Then you can keep one Mandarin easy, just take your time add him in and set the tank up in a pod friendly way with no other pod predators.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

What you're describing on the glass is more than likely pods micro fauna

Pods micro fauna? What is that? Just younger stages of copepods?

 

[Dark_Knightt]

I would just spend all that money change the reef tank to a 65 gal tank. Then you can keep one Mandarin easy, just take your time add him in and set the tank up in a pod friendly way with no other pod predators.

I would, sadly im a 15yo kid that doesnt have the space for that or the floor support. Ruby red dragonets will relatively eat less pods because they are much smaller, and a female thereof, which wouldnt grow to more than like 1.5inches would eat an even smaller amount of pods. Relatively.

 

[Pistol Peet]

Hey just wondering, im looking at my tank glass this morning and I see what are about the size of pods, kinda smaller, but they seem to be slithering and wiggling slowly like worms/larvae. Do have a cycle in their life where they live as nomadic larvae? Because in that case ive got like 1000 of those on my front glass alone.
Also unrelated but my BTA is hiding half in the shadows and half in the light, but thanfully its right beside my clowns' hideout.

they are pods I'm positive of it as for the anemone they will do this they like to move if they're not completely happy they move without warning whenever they feel like it I don't think shade or half shade or in the light has anything to do with it

 

[Moxtrain]

they are pods I'm positive of it as for the anemone they will do this they like to move if they're not completely happy they move without warning whenever they feel like it I don't think shade or half shade or in the light has anything to do with it

Anemone?

 

[Pistol Peet]

Anemone?

Also unrelated your bta is half in shad and half in light was the quote u wrote above if I recall correctly just trying to answer everything in the post.

 

[OrionN]

I would, sadly im a 15yo kid that doesnt have the space for that or the floor support. Ruby red dragonets will relatively eat less pods because they are much smaller, and a female thereof, which wouldnt grow to more than like 1.5inches would eat an even smaller amount of pods. Relatively.

If you are 15, you likely not going to be able to continue to buy pods for your Mandarin. I would recommend you get a tank raised Mandarin. These mandarin already eat pellets and can be sustained indefinitely with just pellets. In the long term, it would be much cheaper for you.
Petco can order these for you for 50.00 each. This is slightly more expensive then wild caught Mandarin, but will be much better for you.
Goodluck

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Anemone?

SOmetihng unrelated to the thread i just had to ask. Got an anemone same day as the pods.

 

[Dark_Knightt]

Also unrelated your bta is half in shad and half in light was the quote u wrote above if I recall correctly just trying to answer everything in the post.

Correct. Just asking a quesiton i didnt think really needed a thread. Do anemones have an internal clock like humans and many animals have? Because today mine started clowsing up at around maybe 6:30, before the lights even started turning off. NOthing touched it, thought it was just a nem thing.

 

[Pistol Peet]

Correct. Just asking a quesiton i didnt think really needed a thread. Do anemones have an internal clock like humans and many animals have? Because today mine started clowsing up at around maybe 6:30, before the lights even started turning off. NOthing touched it, thought it was just a nem thing.

Not sure

 

[Perthegallon]

I’m about to get my dragon I have a 65 gallon

 

[Sosuke]

Correct. Just asking a quesiton i didnt think really needed a thread. Do anemones have an internal clock like humans and many animals have? Because today mine started clowsing up at around maybe 6:30, before the lights even started turning off. NOthing touched it, thought it was just a nem thing.

My BTA closes at night like you're describing, I think its just something some do

 

[Dark_Knightt]

My BTA closes at night like you're describing, I think its just something some do

Im awarer that anemones close, just like corals, at night. But you know how we humans have a biological clock, a.k.a. a circadian clock. Im wondering if cnidarians, like jellyfish and anemones have such an internal clock.
Here are some of the articles im currently reading for anyone interested. According to them there is a chance that cnidarians are affected my light changes, so maybe my nem, which i only got a few days ago, is used to the lights going off earlier.
Here they are:

Circadian Clocks in the Cnidaria: Environmental Entrainment, Molecular Regulation, and Organismal Outputs

The circadian clock is a molecular network that translates predictable environmental signals, such as light levels, into organismal responses, including behavior and physiology. Regular oscillations of the molecular components of the clock enable individuals ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Daily cycle in oxygen consumption by the sea anemone Nematostella vectensis Stephenson | Biology Open | The Company of Biologists

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