When to add pods?

[Jedi1199]

Totally agree and I've always dosed phytoplankton. I just think like fish and corals, your tank environment needs to be ready to receive new inhabitants and its difficult with new unstable tanks. Now OP like others said even if you never seeded a single pod they will end up in your system eventually and naturally.

I am new to this whole microfauna culture thing as well.. I suspect that the BRS video has many of us looking at this in an entirely new light, or even considering it for the first time entirely.

I can't claim any particular expertise in this as I am just myself beginning to learn and understand it. That said, I have always believed that a healthy system is just that.. a "SYSTEM" it takes more than stable parameters and diligent husbandry to make a stable reef system. There HAS to be more that what we see on the surface.

 

[Notsolostfish]

Doubtful.

Ive been doing this aquarium thing for a while now... I have never once lost a fish to ammonia stress, even when this was the accepted way of cycling a tank. Pods, and phyto are such a small addition to the system that not only will you be hard pressed to even see them in the tank, but will be absolutely negligible to the bioload of the system overall.

When i can run my skimmer? Its nyos 120

 

[Notsolostfish]

I am new to this whole microfauna culture thing as well.. I suspect that the BRS video has many of us looking at this in an entirely new light, or even considering it for the first time entirely.

I can't claim any particular expertise in this as I am just myself beginning to learn and understand it. That said, I have always believed that a healthy system is just that.. a "SYSTEM" it takes more than stable parameters and diligent husbandry to make a stable reef system. There HAS to be more that what we see on the surface.

When i can run my skimmer do i wait?

 

[Jedi1199]

When i can run my skimmer do i wait?

Start running your skimmer as soon as you have stock in the tank. If it excretes, that waste needs to be removed.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Pods have become extremely overrated lately due to these brs videos. Claims that they will reduce or eliminate the ugly stage is very exaggerated, they really don’t make much difference. If you have added snails or crabs they are already in your tank. Adding a few drops of phyto every night will feed them and encourage them to reproduce.

Add pods if you want or not, add now or later, add a little or a lot, it doesn’t matter. In time they will be on your tank regardless. Anyone with years experience will tell you that they will end up in your tank wether you add them or not.

 

[Jedi1199]

OK, let me clarify this.. Skimmers are not a necessary addition to a stable system. They are a helpful addition in many systems that cannot otherwise process the waste.

I personally run a skimmer on my own system and I believe it is beneficial to my system stability. Depending on what you, or others, have as far as nutrient and waste export, you may or may not need one.

 

[Notsolostfish]

OK, let me clarify this.. Skimmers are not a necessary addition to a stable system. They are a helpful addition in many systems that cannot otherwise process the waste.

I personally run a skimmer on my own system and I believe it is beneficial to my system stability. Depending on what you, or others, have as far as nutrient and waste export, you may or may not need one.

I have a water level of 9.5 for the skimmer nyos requiring 8.5 what should i do? I removed as much water as i can but cant anymore0

 

[Jedi1199]

Pods have become extremely overrated lately due to these brs videos. Claims that they will reduce or eliminate the ugly stage is very exaggerated, they really don’t make much difference. If you have added snails or crabs they are already in your tank. Adding a few drops of phyto every night will feed them and encourage them to reproduce.

Add pods if you want or not, add now or later, add a little or a lot, it doesn’t matter. In time they will be on your tank regardless. Anyone with years experience will tell you that they will end up in your tank wether you add them or not.

Do you have verifiable evidence to support this?

 

[Jedi1199]

I have a water level of 9.5 for the skimmer nyos requiring 8.5 what should i do? I removed as much water as i can but cant anymore0

place a block under the skimmer to raise it to the required level. Make sure whatever you use is reef safe.

 

[Notsolostfish]

place a block under the skimmer to raise it to the required level. Make sure whatever you use is reef safe.

What block. Any idea

 

[PeterEde]

What block. Any idea

layers of egg crate as necessary

 

[Jedi1199]

I personally use a plastic container filled with sand. There are commercially available "stands" for this, but I won't waste money buying something I can make myself.

 

[PeterEde]

I personally use a plastic container filled with sand. There are commercially available "stands" for this, but I won't waste money buying something I can make myself.

I have a laser cutter and make my own acrylic parts/stands/weir guards etc

 

[Jedi1199]

I have a laser cutter and make my own acrylic parts/stands/weir guards etc

NICE!!!

 

[Lavey29]

I am new to this whole microfauna culture thing as well.. I suspect that the BRS video has many of us looking at this in an entirely new light, or even considering it for the first time entirely.

I can't claim any particular expertise in this as I am just myself beginning to learn and understand it. That said, I have always believed that a healthy system is just that.. a "SYSTEM" it takes more than stable parameters and diligent husbandry to make a stable reef system. There HAS to be more that what we see on the surface.

Of course biodiversity and microfauna are key to a healthy system. I'm only sharing my pod experience. Every tank is unique and what works for one may not work for another.

 

[Jedi1199]

I have a laser cutter and make my own acrylic parts/stands/weir guards etc

I don't have a laser cutter, and I am not willing to spend the money on acrylic sheets. I used a plastic disposable food container that I filled with sand to keep it from floating. Put the top on it and set the skimmer on that. It works quite well for my needs.

 

[Lavey29]

I have a water level of 9.5 for the skimmer nyos requiring 8.5 what should i do? I removed as much water as i can but cant anymore0

They make plastic skimmer stands to place underneath and raise it up an inch or more.

 

[Jedi1199]

Pods have become extremely overrated lately due to these brs videos. Claims that they will reduce or eliminate the ugly stage is very exaggerated, they really don’t make much difference. If you have added snails or crabs they are already in your tank. Adding a few drops of phyto every night will feed them and encourage them to reproduce.

Add pods if you want or not, add now or later, add a little or a lot, it doesn’t matter. In time they will be on your tank regardless. Anyone with years experience will tell you that they will end up in your tank wether you add them or not.

Let's discuss this.

Since the given theory is that "Everything added to a system be sterile" meaning QT everything, nothing added to the system is not what is intended. How ae pods being introduced?

The BRS video presentation from RAPNY is quite compelling that pods ARE an integral part of what is a stable system.

Does it eliminate the "ugly phase"? This is preposterous. Does it help reduce that phase? I have no data to back that claim. I do however believe that this level of bio-diversity can only be beneficial to a healthy system overall.

What exactly are you basing this statement on? What evidence do you have to disprove this theory?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Gobiesox punctulatus

Let's discuss this.

Since the given theory is that "Everything added to a system be sterile" meaning QT everything, nothing added to the system is not what is intended. How ae pods being introduced?

The BRS video presentation from RAPNY is quite compelling that pods ARE an integral part of what is a stable system.

Does it eliminate the "ugly phase"? This is preposterous. Does it help reduce that phase? I have no data to back that claim. I do however believe that this level of bio-diversity can only be beneficial to a healthy system overall.

What exactly are you basing this statement on? What evidence do you have to disprove this theory?

Buying pods is relatively new. Pods were in tanks decades ago before it was possible to buy them.
They only eat single cell algae, so they will eat diatoms which is a short cycle anyway, but they don’t eat hair algae or cyano.
To me it’s logical that a store will sell you the benefits of their products. For sure they won’t tell you that they will end up in your tank for free.

 

[PeterEde]

Buying pods is relatively new. Pods were in tanks decades ago before it was possible to buy them.
They only eat single cell algae, so they will eat diatoms which is a short cycle anyway, but they don’t eat hair algae or cyano.
To me it’s logical that a store will sell you the benefits of their products. For sure they won’t tell you that they will end up in your tank for free.

but in amounts to feed a dragonet or 2?
I've started a pod culture. Hopeful I can add until I have a self sustaining population