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You already raise pods and sell them, next you should get some wrasses and sell them? For when we buy your pods and now we're overrun! (Definitely a good problem to have)
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tbrown
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In Arizona we have a product available called Reef Chowda (previously Reef Stew). It's an amazing blend of live phyto, rotifers, pods, and brine shrimp. It would probably be hard to get a live mix and ship it since everything in the bag feeds on something else in the bag, but it'd be great to be able to mail order something similar.
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Maybe a whole new ball-park of complexity but having a reliable go to place for nudibranchs would be a relief to some.
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I LOVE the idea! My only concern is that mixing phyto and pods can make phyto dosing challenging, and also that the phyto makes it nearly impossible for people to verify the presence of the pods. It's a great idea though, and something that's been in the back of my mind for a bit!
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They do. @SawCJack00 's son-in-law makes it. He's the only farmer and wholesales to the local shops. He doesn't ship or sell to individuals but it's amazing stuff. I was happy that new shop at 19th and Union Hills is selling it. A lot closer than Ocean Floor for me!
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Oh that's wild, good to know! I add anywhere from 1 or 2 cups of it to my tank a week and any time I ask which pods are in it, all I'm told is "copepods and tiggers" which seems kind of.. vague? Other than tiggers, any idea what types of pods are in the chowda?
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I know it has rotifers, a blend of phyto, brine shrimp, and I forget the copepods he uses. I think Aquaholics may have the types of pods listed, but I can't recall?
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One option is to read the book "Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: A Guide to their Identification and Ecology" (2nd edition) by Johnson and Allen to identify other species that you can propagate in your facility.
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So you're saying they need to sell the book???One option is to read the book "Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: A Guide to their Identification and Ecology" (2nd edition) by Johnson and Allen to identify other species that you can propagate in your facility.
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"Mom, Dad, I can't sleep!"I promise it is not easy reading!!!
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...I was hooked by the time I got to the section called "Less Common Ciliated Invertebrate Larvae"!
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Would love products sized for nano tanks!
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A broader diversity of copepod species would be a great new product!
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A concentrated product for seeding pods into new tanks would be great, for example before the addition of fish using a high density of younger stages and eggs to get a strong culture going.
