Myth or true?

[Andresnyc93]

I keep hearing from different fish store owners in my state that the tigger pods by reef nutrition are sterilized for the sole purpose of you always having to buy their pods and they won’t reproduce.

Is this true? If so what pods do you guys get to seed refugiums? I have a mandarin and a wrasse who hammer the pod population constantly so I’m looking for something that I can feed and have them reproduce instead of just dumping a really expensive bottle of pods that will only have one lifecycle.

Thanks!

 

[Arego]

Who knows, there is a guy on here who sells them and they're the size of fiat cars. Buy from him and be done with even caring if they do or not.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I buy my pods from a guy on ebay, ships from Tejas (texas) iirc. Good price and they do spawn on my glass regularly.

 

[KrisReef]

I wonder how anyone would accomplish pod sterilization? There are other sources of pods?

(edit: seems like there are ^^^

 

[jdmee]

I would say Myth, given:

Culturing Tigger-Pods®

How to culture Reef Nutrition Tigger-Pods® - Live, large, red Tigriopus californicus copepods Materials Culture container We recommend at least 2 culture vessels in case one has issues. The vessels can be a 5 or 10 gallon aquarium, Tupperware container, etc. that holds water. Deep containers...

reefnutrition.com

I believe these pods usually reproduce at lower temperature then we keep our tanks and will not reproduce as readily or at all in our tanks.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Who knows, there is a guy on here who sells them and they're the size of fiat cars. Buy from him and be done with even caring if they do or not.

That made me laugh, seriously.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I wonder how anyone would accomplish pod sterilization? There are other sources of pods?

This. If your worried about it, buy elsewhere. IIRC reef nutrition pods are a bit pricey, thus why I went the ebay route.

 

[Andresnyc93]

I buy my pods from a guy on ebay, ships from Tejas (texas) iirc. Good price and they do spawn on my glass regularly.

Mind sharing a link? I’m looking for some tisbee as they say those are more likely to reproduce and are more forgiving on temperature

 

[Andresnyc93]

I wonder how anyone would accomplish pod sterilization? There are other sources of pods?

(edit: seems like there are ^^^

I am seriously intrigued on how they do so. Even more given that they sell them in my LFS for 30 per bottle.

 

[afrokobe]

Mind sharing a link? I’m looking for some tisbee as they say those are more likely to reproduce and are more forgiving on temperature

check out jaysreefsbugs

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Mind sharing a link? I’m looking for some tisbee as they say those are more likely to reproduce and are more forgiving on temperature

PM sent

 

[Andresnyc93]

I would say Myth, given:

Culturing Tigger-Pods®

How to culture Reef Nutrition Tigger-Pods® - Live, large, red Tigriopus californicus copepods Materials Culture container We recommend at least 2 culture vessels in case one has issues. The vessels can be a 5 or 10 gallon aquarium, Tupperware container, etc. that holds water. Deep containers...

reefnutrition.com

I believe these pods usually reproduce at lower temperature then we keep our tanks and will not reproduce as readily or at all in our tanks.

This just seems like a lot. Given that other pods can just be dumped directly into sump and they’ll reproduce there instead of doing that on separate containers

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

This just seems like a lot. Given that other pods can just be dumped directly into sump and they’ll reproduce there instead of doing that on separate containers

I've always just dumped the bottle into a low flow section of the sump where I keep rock. Once a month or so, I rotate out the rubble rock from sump to display. And the rubble rock back to the sump.

 

[BanjoBandito]

check out jaysreefsbugs

This is where I go. Excellent. He’s a lil overwhelmed with his new budding business though so he’s not shipping 24/7. Super good service though!

 

[Andresnyc93]

I've always just dumped the bottle into a low flow section of the sump where I keep rock. Once a month or so, I rotate out the rubble rock from sump to display. And the rubble rock back to the sump.

Yeah I usually add mine when I do water changes so all wavemakers and return pump are off for at least 30 minutes. I also put them in a clean container with phyto for 20 minutes so they can eat something before getting devoured.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I believe these pods usually reproduce at lower temperature then we keep our tanks and will not reproduce as readily or at all in our tanks.

THIS^^^

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I keep hearing from different fish store owners in my state that the tigger pods by reef nutrition are sterilized for the sole purpose of you always having to buy their pods and they won’t reproduce.

Is this true? If so what pods do you guys get to seed refugiums? I have a mandarin and a wrasse who hammer the pod population constantly so I’m looking for something that I can feed and have them reproduce instead of just dumping a really expensive bottle of pods that will only have one lifecycle.

Thanks!

Buy tisbe pods instead.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Buy tisbe pods instead.

All I buy anymore.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Not sure how thats possible

 

[Andresnyc93]

Not sure how thats possible

Not sure either but I do see them die off when I pour into sump. When they go into display they’ll stick out like a sore thumb and get eaten in no time.