Can I get a Manderin?

clown boy

clown boy

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Originally Posted by 1journeyman
There are no precise definitions, but in general:
A Sump is an extra body of water connected to your display tank used to house skimmer, heater, Calcium reactor, etc.
A Refugium is an extra body of water, connected to your display tank, that houses a "refuge" for breeding with no fear of predation.
Oh. Well, I know that I do have copeods in my sump right now...
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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Originally Posted by Lesleybird
Problem is a lot of other fish like pods too....like wrasses.
EXACTLY, could you list your other fish for us?
 
sepulatian

sepulatian

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You need a secure place for the pods to breed. Fish eat them faster than they can breed. Your wrassie will eat them and it is likely that the tang and foxface my suck a few down just because they are there. Drop a hang on fuge in there. The rock alone will not be enough of a hiding place. The pods don't hide, they swim out into the water where they are eaten. You have to have a place where the fish can't get to them for them to reproduce.
 
alex4286

alex4286

Member
Originally Posted by renogaw
135 gallon packed with rock you should be fine. most likely you will never see your copepods, even the biggest ones are only about 1/8" long.
although they are small.. you can still VERY MUCH see the adults even the smaller ones up close (rocks near the glass) not to mention when they fall off the rocks and they swim in all sorts of directions till they hit a rock. if ur NOT seeing a lot of these guys u know you don't have enough to support anything depending on them.
 
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