Feeding question

[vcnt]

Is it possible to have natural diets in the tank, such as zooplankton for clowns?

 

[Jekyl]

Is it possible to have natural diets in the tank, such as zooplankton for clowns?

Pods are a natural food. Can increase population by dosing phyto or growing macro.

 

[vcnt]

Pods are a natural food. Can increase population by dosing phyto or growing macro.

would they just "spawn" (unsure of the word,) after growing chaeto or must they be introduced? also would uc steralizing kill the pods?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

would they just "spawn" (unsure of the word,) after growing chaeto or must they be introduced? also would uc steralizing kill the pods?

No, they don't magically appear - while the chaeto could happen to have a few pods in it, your best bet is to add a few jars...

 

[vcnt]

No, they don't magically appear - while the chaeto could happen to have a few pods in it, your best bet is to add a few jars...

what type of jars?

 

[Jmcg89]

You can buy them or let them naturally arrive on corals or snails etc. I run a 40w uv 24 hrs a day on my 180 gallon and the sump is full of pods and I believe the display would be too but I have a melanarus wrasse in there. I've also watched my chromis and clownfish eat them in the display. I dont dose anything for them specifically.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Is it possible to have natural diets in the tank, such as zooplankton for clowns?

While yes, plankton affected often by UV, filtration and some medication. More inviting and cost effective are as mentioned, copepods and Live foods such as brine shrimp

 

[vcnt]

While yes, plankton affected often by UV, filtration and some medication. More inviting and cost effective are as mentioned, copepods and Live foods such as brine shrimp

copepods are plankton

 

[vetteguy53081]

copepods are plankton

copepods are plankton

Yes plankton species in nauplius form. Zooplankton in bottles which I thought you were referring to and non larval form. Some are cyclops form such as cyclopoid while common copepod calanoid are common zooplankton species

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

what type of jars?

The kind full of pods, lol. Some places sell jars, some sell bottles.
My go-to for pods and phyto is @Dinkins Aquatic Gardens

 

[vcnt]

Yes plankton species in nauplius form. Zooplankton in bottles which I thought you were referring to and non larval form. Some are cyclops form such as cyclopoid while common copepod calanoid are common zooplankton species

I was talking about the pods in jars, sorry if I came off as rude.