Ook Sag
Community Member
Hello All,
At the beginning of this whole stay at home ordeal (March 5th for me) I decided I would try to see if I could grow more pods for my mandarin dragonet without having to buy anything. I looked around online and found a couple very simple setups. My goal was to be minimal maintenance.
I began my setup and looking at my bucket today I have thousands of pods. I can't believe how many their are, now I am worried about being able to collect them all! I never thought this would work, let alone work this well.
Has anyone had experience harvesting massive amounts of pods and then being able to get them into their tank? I am not sure if I can over populate my tank with pods or not. I assume no, but wanted to hear from fellow reefers!
My setup is as follows:
2 5 gallon buckets stacked up (this creates a pocket of air in between the buckets that better insulates and keeps temps more stable)
The black material is carbon from a carbon filter that had been in my display for three months it seems to be a great hiding place for all the pods
1 old heater set to 78 degrees F
2 old air stones connected to a single aerator on very low setting (couple bubbles per second)
1 50 watt CFL lightbulb in a basic clamp on fixture hooked up to mechanical timer for 12 hours on a day
1 cheap digital thermometer just to see if the temp is stable
Here is a picture of what my setup is, this is directly under my tank.
At the beginning of this whole stay at home ordeal (March 5th for me) I decided I would try to see if I could grow more pods for my mandarin dragonet without having to buy anything. I looked around online and found a couple very simple setups. My goal was to be minimal maintenance.
I began my setup and looking at my bucket today I have thousands of pods. I can't believe how many their are, now I am worried about being able to collect them all! I never thought this would work, let alone work this well.
Has anyone had experience harvesting massive amounts of pods and then being able to get them into their tank? I am not sure if I can over populate my tank with pods or not. I assume no, but wanted to hear from fellow reefers!
My setup is as follows:
2 5 gallon buckets stacked up (this creates a pocket of air in between the buckets that better insulates and keeps temps more stable)
The black material is carbon from a carbon filter that had been in my display for three months it seems to be a great hiding place for all the pods
1 old heater set to 78 degrees F
2 old air stones connected to a single aerator on very low setting (couple bubbles per second)
1 50 watt CFL lightbulb in a basic clamp on fixture hooked up to mechanical timer for 12 hours on a day
1 cheap digital thermometer just to see if the temp is stable
Here is a picture of what my setup is, this is directly under my tank.
