fishymissy
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I may be way off here, but couldn't you use a turkey baster to suck some of them up? Or how about a brine shrimp net?
Just guessing.......
Just guessing.......
HEY BYRSELF
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byrself
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the brine shrimp net sounds like a good idea, i tried to use a regular small fish net to no avail. i'm going to go by the fish store and try to get some old lr frags and start piling them up in the ten gallon, and try to get rid of the urchin. then i can use the 10 gallon for more rock and can move pieces back and forth alot easier.
anyone ever ordered from ipsf.com? i wanted to, but couldn't find copepods specifically. is it just included in the amphipod selection?
thanks again for all those that are helping. too bad it takes someone getting bashed to get some answers. but it's cool. i can take it. too bad joe you can't give any advice. thought you really had something to say there? what happened? <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
anyone ever ordered from ipsf.com? i wanted to, but couldn't find copepods specifically. is it just included in the amphipod selection?
thanks again for all those that are helping. too bad it takes someone getting bashed to get some answers. but it's cool. i can take it. too bad joe you can't give any advice. thought you really had something to say there? what happened? <img src="graemlins//confused.gif" border="0" alt="[confused]" />
jakob4001
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I think he said the LR thing didn't work;
the filter sponge, like one from hang on would work great; just weigh it down some how & leave in the tank for few days or so;eventually pods will populate it & put into the main tank; the many holes in it should allow for area where mandarin cannot get to all of them as quickly...
um mandarin will NOT eventually kill off ALL pod pop...YEAH RITE...have 135 reef w/ 24/7 visible pod pop...even w/ everything else that eats them...it cannot be done!!!
what book was it??? what page??? we bought ours from ***** for the same reason!!! she is THRIVING now & we hope to put the male from the smaller tank w/ her
the filter sponge, like one from hang on would work great; just weigh it down some how & leave in the tank for few days or so;eventually pods will populate it & put into the main tank; the many holes in it should allow for area where mandarin cannot get to all of them as quickly...
um mandarin will NOT eventually kill off ALL pod pop...YEAH RITE...have 135 reef w/ 24/7 visible pod pop...even w/ everything else that eats them...it cannot be done!!!
what book was it??? what page??? we bought ours from ***** for the same reason!!! she is THRIVING now & we hope to put the male from the smaller tank w/ her
byrself
Member
thanks jakob. very encouraging. i'm glad to see there's others with a heart for starving fish in fish stores. i think anyone who's determined enough to keep them can. most of the guidelines people state are for those who aren't going to be always tinkering with their tanks. i spend all day (mostly=) thinking of how to make a better tank, or make mine better. if i could just find a store that sells them already, or could get the pod transport idea working, i would be fine.
also, another refugium question for you all. (since i seem to have everyone's attention for a change =) how does the critters from the refugium make it to the main tank? i mean, if you have a pump, wouldn't they get smashed by the pumps? or are they pretty pump safe, being so small? i'm trying to envision the whole setup and this question keeps popping up to me. i know there are people with algae scrubber setups in where the algae acts as the refugium, and the water is usually just a drop off from the algal vat (if mounted above the tank), but what about if you have to pump the water back up? what i want to do eventually is have a sump and/or refugium underneath the main tank. i want an overflow siphon and some sort of pump for the return. nothing else mechanical except for a skimmer that will run from the return vat of the sump before the refugium. i also don't want to use any filter media that could trap organisms, unless i have to use a large pored filter type. i plan on deep sand bed, live rock, and macroalgae. that's it for filtration. anybody got pointers that could help me out with this. i'm very interested in any help. some people have emailed me with their setups and i appreciate hearing what others have. thanks again, b
also, another refugium question for you all. (since i seem to have everyone's attention for a change =) how does the critters from the refugium make it to the main tank? i mean, if you have a pump, wouldn't they get smashed by the pumps? or are they pretty pump safe, being so small? i'm trying to envision the whole setup and this question keeps popping up to me. i know there are people with algae scrubber setups in where the algae acts as the refugium, and the water is usually just a drop off from the algal vat (if mounted above the tank), but what about if you have to pump the water back up? what i want to do eventually is have a sump and/or refugium underneath the main tank. i want an overflow siphon and some sort of pump for the return. nothing else mechanical except for a skimmer that will run from the return vat of the sump before the refugium. i also don't want to use any filter media that could trap organisms, unless i have to use a large pored filter type. i plan on deep sand bed, live rock, and macroalgae. that's it for filtration. anybody got pointers that could help me out with this. i'm very interested in any help. some people have emailed me with their setups and i appreciate hearing what others have. thanks again, b