Mandarin Fish, Refugium

[fishy4thomas]

I have a 225g tank that’s been up for a little over a year, I have a male and female. I’ll be honest here I’ve never bought pods...I seeded the tank on start up and I let them over populate before I added them to the tank. Also I don’t have a refugium. They are healthy and are always swimming around and pods are always still thriving.

So you just built a pod hotel and let them grow? Brilliant, and prolly what ill do. Just wondering though, I have 2 clownfish and i know they will eat pods. Will they pose a problem to the mandarin? Or do you think theyll stick to frozen and flake foods?

 

[Jose Berry]

So you just built a pod hotel and let them grow? Brilliant, and prolly what ill do. Just wondering though, I have 2 clownfish and i know they will eat pods. Will they pose a problem to the mandarin? Or do you think theyll stick to frozen and flake foods?

I have 4 clowns and I’ve never had issues with them fighting for pods or food for that matter.

 

[fishy4thomas]

I have 4 clowns and I’ve never had issues with them fighting for pods or food for that matter.

Oh ok so this should work out then. Thanks

 

[Jose Berry]

Oh ok so this should work out then. Thanks

yes it should work, when you set up your tank, buy already seeded rocks just a few lbs worth. Then let the tank sit with just a clean up crew or what have you and watch them over populate like mad with in a months time

 

[Jose Berry]

And no problem lol, I wish you the best of luck, we all have different method but we all have one passion.