Pods?

[kayak385]

What are pods?
What types of pods are there?
Anyone have pics of pods, size etc? :help:

 

[aquasafe]

Pods are things that mostly live in live rock.Mandrain Gobies (Dragonets) love them.There size is from less than a inch.Sorry but I do not have a picture, and thats mostly all the info I have.

 

[fedukeford]

Pods are tiny organisms that live in and around the reef. In tanks they hide and live in the cravices of the rock. Some fish (manderins) live mainly on pods. I dont have any pics, but there should be some in the archives, they look like little white insects. The few types of pods that i know of are amphipods and copeopods which i think are the 2 main types in reef tanks

 

[kayak385]

do they grow on their own from a fresh tank, or do i have to have to buy live rock that already has them?

 

[michaeltx]

they will need to be introduced into the SW tank they just dont appear.
LR is the best way to get them in the tank or buy them somewhere.
Mike

 

[michaeltx]

pics

 

[stephish]

I found my first 2 of the little guys this morning, they kind of freaked me out. Quick little guys aren't they!

 

[nick76]

Yea my experience with them was a few, then a bunch, then they disappeared for awhile. Then I added a referigum with nothing in it at 1st. Now 4 months running, it and my whole tank are booming with pods. Where ever I look their, there. :joy:

 

[watson_ab]

Are these the things that almost look like a tiny clear shrimp of some sort???

 

[bang guy]

Amphipods
Copepods
Isopods
Ostracodes count too IMO.

 

[greenwolf52]

copepods can be bought. they come in a little clear jar with what looks like a tiny little plant in it. i think about 20$ gets a hundred or so.

 

[jdennysgir]

Where can they be bought?

 

[greenwolf52]

i would think you could get them at a lfs. i got mine at a place in orlando called "ernie's seven seas". grab the yellow pages and start calling around to see who has them. or look on the internet supplier's websites

 

[kayak385]

If some start spawning inside of your tank, is it possible for them to be sucked into the refugium on their own so that they can colonize down there and then be pulled back up for fish to feed on? Maybe thats far fetched... but its an idea.

 

[bang guy]

Originally Posted by kayak385
If some start spawning inside of your tank, is it possible for them to be sucked into the refugium on their own so that they can colonize down there and then be pulled back up for fish to feed on? Maybe thats far fetched... but its an idea.
That's exactly what happens. Every time.

 

[reefkprz]

Originally Posted by Bang Guy
Amphipods
Copepods
Isopods
Ostracodes count too IMO.
I dont count Ostracodes, it doesnt have pod in it......... Just kidding

 

[kayak385]

Originally Posted by reefkprZ
I dont count Ostracodes, it doesnt have pod in it......... Just kidding

ok, so wheres the research.. research junkie? hehe