Which pods?

[reefiniteasy]

I recently changed my aquascape and I have noticed my pod population has been cut back. Obviously a result of changing out the rock. My population was built naturally from the introduction of frags. Now that I want to add, which species of copepod should I introduce? Thanks for the help.

 

[Perthegallon]

I don’t know many others then the alage barn 4 blend

 

[ichthyogeek]

My money’s on just getting a blend and letting them duke it out. Tisbe, Oithona, and Apocyclops are all good choices (still not 100% sold on tigriopus....), and algae barn’ll probably pop in this thread to tell you about the eco pods (and the ulva, which tangs love!!!! : P) which are a mix of those four species.

 

[Thespammailaccount]

I am a fan of apocyclops pods and you can get them here https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/pod-and-phyto-pack.764030/

 

[reefiniteasy]

When it comes to pods I’m a noob. How do I add them? Just pour them in. Is the water they come in “clean?” I have a small nano. These jars and containers look huge.

 

[ZoWhat]

When it comes to pods I’m a noob. How do I add them? Just pour them in. Is the water they come in “clean?” I have a small nano. These jars and containers look huge.

They come in a clear plastic jar. only way to see them.in the jar is in a dim room and then shine a flashlight from the bottom up.

You just pour them into your tank BUT make sure all flow is off fir 1-2 hrs so they have a chance to swim to LR and find tiny creaves to live in.

Its a great idea to dose tetraselmis phytoplankton once a week bc that's pods natural food source.

Phytoplankton eaten by > Zooplankton (pods) eaten by corals = great looking groeing corals if water quality/lighting is well-managed

 

[Thespammailaccount]

When it comes to pods I’m a noob. How do I add them? Just pour them in. Is the water they come in “clean?” I have a small nano. These jars and containers look huge.

If you are feeding fish just add to tank. If you want a population to reproduce add at night after lights out. As far as clean I can speak for my culture only.

 

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Rotifers are also pretty good for corals.

 

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You can just pour it in, micro fauna is very resilient.

 

[ichthyogeek]

They come in a clear plastic jar. only way to see them.in the jar is in a dim room and then shine a flashlight from the bottom up.

You just pour them into your tank BUT make sure all flow is off fir 1-2 hrs so they have a chance to swim to LR and find tiny creaves to live in.

Its a great idea to dose tetraselmis phytoplankton once a week bc that's pods natural food source.

Phytoplankton eaten by > Zooplankton (pods) eaten by corals = great looking groeing corals if water quality/lighting is well-managed

Liiiiiitttle bit of pushback here. Tetraselmis is phytoplankton. But it’s not the only phyto that pods eat. There are lots of other phytoplankton species available, and a few mixes. But other than that, good advice.

 

[Perthegallon]

Okay but one problem no one talks about is that alage barn plankton mix makes your tank look horrible with algae