Pods apocyclops

[aerialdronemaster]

hello reef guys .
I went to the store today and the guy recommend to buy pods apocyclops.
He told me to add it to the tank and add again after 2 maybe 3 months .
This should be a food for mandarin goby and red Ruben dragnet.
He said after adding it , it will be Enough food for them for 2 maybe 3 months .
Kinda weird. Is that really a case?
I have nono cube 24 gallons.

 

[lapin]

To quote someone here"
I have been raising and selling copepods for about 9 months now, and in my experience, about 500 copepods should hold up a mandarin for about a week, but I would reccomend adding 1000 initially, then 500 the next week, then another 500 monthly to supplement the population. A 65 gallon should sustain a mandarin for quite some time, but you may need to supplement the population.

 

[Sosuke]

No they will probably eat them faster than they can multiply. Will they accept frozen foods? I have a mandarin that eats frozen atm so its somewhat easy but my original mandarin ate a lot I stocked pods for the tank once a week, very very pricey.

 

[lapin]

If you can get a ORA raised fish, it might eat eat frozen food along with pods

 

[aerialdronemaster]

To quote someone here"
I have been raising and selling copepods for about 9 months now, and in my experience, about 500 copepods should hold up a mandarin for about a week, but I would reccomend adding 1000 initially, then 500 the next week, then another 500 monthly to supplement the population. A 65 gallon should sustain a mandarin for quite some time, but you may need to supplement the population.

Thank you for the answer
The problem I have, how am I supposed to know how many pods I have it is a 8pz bag

 

[aerialdronemaster]

No they will probably eat them faster than they can multiply. Will they accept frozen foods? I have a mandarin that eats frozen atm so its somewhat easy but my original mandarin ate a lot I stocked pods for the tank once a week, very very pricey.

I don't have the fish yet. They recommended to add the whole 8oz to the tank, and buy the fish after 2 weeks , then adding the 8oz pads every 2 to 3 months

 

[Sosuke]

Oh ok I wouldn't try for both yet then, if I were you I would make sure you could take care of one and feed it before getting the second. The pods will not be a staple food source since one will probably eat the pods faster than you can replenish them in a 24 gallon. Where were you planning on getting them? Maybe try what Lapin said and get an ORA raised one

 

[lapin]

Could be 100 or 1000. Hard to tell how many unless you count them under a microscope or the LFS tells you truthfully.

 

[aerialdronemaster]

Yea, it is confusing now. The guy said , it will last for 2 maybe 3 months , and the fish will be ok with those pods. It looks more complicated now,