HOB Refug. for Pods?

[fishy4thomas]

So I am hoping to add a mandarin to my 20 gallon display. I would be adding it in a few months so i can prepare and raise enough food. I will be adding more live rock btw. So I was wondering, is a HOB refugium a good idea for raising copepods? I don't have enough space for a completely seperate setup. Would it work for keeping a mandarin in the long run? Thanks @ReefSquad

 

[Spare time]

I would not add a mandarin to a 20g. I just feel that you need to not only have pods in a refugium/sump to replenish what is predated upon in the display, but enough room in the display for mandarin to not be able to decimate the entire display's population too quickly.

 

[AcroNem]

You would likely still have to supplement, it can clean out that tank pretty fast. I believe a captive bred specimen would be worth the money, as they will be better suited and eat prepared foods.

 

[fishy4thomas]

You would likely still have to supplement, it can clean out that tank pretty fast. I believe a captive bred specimen would be worth the money, as they will be better suited and eat prepared foods.

Yeah i was thinking about ordering a captive bred one so it will eat frozen foods.