* why no pods now...? *

[subadeb]

I started my tank in april and had hundreds of little pods crawling/swimming around on my liverock and sand. After a few additions to my aquarium (fish, shrimp, cleanup crew) i cant find any anymore. I want to get a mandrian and i have no pods in which to feed him. will some show up or what happend to the ones that i had?
thanks

 

[simm]

They were food to the stock you added. Mine disapated when I added stock but I also regained more later on when I believe eggs hatched.

 

[subadeb]

Thanks Simm and Kipass...
How long until I see more?
Ive done one 33 gallon waterchange on 6/10 and doing another one on 7/12.
my nitrate is 20 ppm.

 

[hondo]

what is your tank stocked with as you may have some fish already there that are pod eaters and that would keep you from getting a mandarin

 

[subadeb]

Eqpt:
180 gallon in-wall aquarium
72'' Metal Halide 2-96 P.C. 10/RT
CPR Cyclone bio-filter 294
CPR Sump 25 Gallon
Mag 2400 pump
300 Watt Heater
Overflow Kit
Glass Top
Live Rock/ Sand
290 Pounds of Fugi Live Rock
25 Pounds of Bali Live Rock
65 Pounds of Base Rock
80 Pounds of Sand
Fish:
6 Blue-green chromis
Purple Tang
Yellow Tang
2 Maroon Clowns
1 coral bueaty
1 purple basslet
1 Diadema Basslet
1 Flame Hawkfish
1 Scooter Blenny
2 neon blue gobys
1 Florida Condalactus Anemone
1 Flower Anemone
Green Star Polyp
Button Polyps
Green Striped Mushroom
Xenia Rock
1 Peppermint Shrimp (Pepper), Cleaner Shrimp, 12 AlgeSnails, 1 sand sifting star, 2 sally lightfoots, 1 brittle starfish, Conk Snail, 4 Bumblebee snails, 1 scarlet crab, 28 blue legged crabs, 1 horseshoe crab, 5 albin crabs, 1 blue linka star

 

[fishtanknewbi]

WOW! I am surprised you have room for water.

 

[subadeb]

LOL!!!
Do I have too much? I WANT TO ADD MORE!!! like a flame angel, a mandarin, a blue electric crab, a hippo tang, MORE CORALS!!!---im just getting carried away...
Actually, I'm trying to post a picture of my tank but my digital camera pictures are a little blurry. Thats my first problem. Any suggestions?
My second problem is the pictures I am satisfied with have "too many bytes" What do I do now?
ANY MORE SUGGESTIONS ON POD POPULATION?!?!?!?

 

[subadeb]

just figured out how to post picture....here it is!! what do ya think...?

 

[fishtanknewbi]

Sweet. The picture doesn't look all that crowded. If you ever feel like have to much i will be willing to take some stuff off your hands.

 

[beaslbob]

Looks like an excellent tank to me. Would your sump serve as a refugium for the pods? If I understand the posts here, you gotta keep the pads away from your livestock. Or culture them in a completely seperate container.

 

[scooter8416]

I see you have a scooter. They are big pod eaters. That could be why your not seeing as many pods any more.
Shawn