Brian,
Cool
A moose in the garden
We should all be so lucky
If this were my tank, I'd get rid of the tufa, but that's just me.
How to get pods? Hmmm..... Find someone with a lot of pods and get some macroalgae or something wih a few pods on it from their tank. Also, make sure you don't have pod eaters in your tank, which will only eat the new pods before they get a foothold.