Fuge/pods question

[nuro]

I'm going to set up a small fuge this weekend, it htink it will be easier to breed to pods for my mandarin in there then culture them as i have been doing. my question howver is .. how do you get the pods from the fuge into the tank?

 

[lexluethar]

I believe as long as you don't have any filter media between the fuge area w/ the LR and pods, then they will be circulated into the DT. So naturally since the water is flowing from the fuge into the DT (either through gravity or a pump) the pods will go into the DT as well. Leaving hopefully plenty behind in your LR to continue to populate.

 

[shiby1510]

I always wondered how to tell if you have enough pods in a fuge to keep a mandarin full and happy... any ways?
Would it also be necessary to add pods to the mt from pulling them out of the fuge.. or is the natural circulation enough to keep the mandarin full?

 

[mr_x]

how much live rock do you have in the main tank, and how long has it been in there?

 

[nuro]

120 lbs of LR 4 month's. its onyl a 55 anyway, so im sure i dotn have a sufficient pod population. until I'm sure I can susataint them in the fuge im adding a purchased bottle once a month