Adding biodiversity to a tank?

[snakeblitz33]

What do you do to add biodiversity to your tank? Is it welcomed in your system? I know a lot of people add large clean up crews etc... but what do you do over time to add biodiversity to your system? Add new live rock? A cup of sand from another established tank? New corals on new rock rubble? Are there spaghetti worm, bristle worm and peanut worm packages on the net? I'm just wondering what ya'll do?

 

[eric b 125]

Adding LR is always a good route as long as it's clean. Even though I know that bristle worms are excellent detritivores, I hate them. They weird me out ever since I serviced a tank for a lady who always had TONS of them. Different kinds of macro in the fuge and adding pods are other options.

 

[snakeblitz33]

Do you feed pods anything? Would it be a good idea to add a phytoplankton supplement to the tank to provide a source of nutrients for filter feeders?

 

[eric b 125]

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Originally Posted by SnakeBlitz33 http:///t/395910/adding-biodiversity-to-a-tank#post_3526076
Do you feed pods anything? Would it be a good idea to add a phytoplankton supplement to the tank to provide a source of nutrients for filter feeders?
I have never done any of that personally. My pod population was always healthy on its own. I tried hatching brine shrimp eggs a few times but I don't think I did it correctly. I actually was watching a few videos on youtube about growing phyto cultures and I considered it briefly. The only thing about that is that it's just one more thing to have to take care of. I might revisit the idea later on, but right now I'm trying to think how much work I'm realistically going to put in on a regular basis. I don't want to get overzealous now and end up with a burden down the road.