Artistic pics of my tank by Aquatic Prints (Mitchell)

[mattdean]

Yes, it is a happy reef. I am blessed to have a smooth running tank with happy healthy livestock and corals. I will have a video posted in a few days. I'm looking forward to sharing

[SkunkClown]

Well your dragonet looks very healthy! I have one as well and he ate brine shrimp at the lfs then was not interested in our tank. He has about 250lbs of live rock to graze on though! I find they are such slow eaters. I try to target feed him but by the time he decides he might want to eat it the other fish gobble it up! We have some ravenous dwarf angels and a tomini tang. He seems to be getting enough food from the live rock.

Love your marine betta too!

[mattdean]

Thanks. The mandarin has no interest in anything but hunting pods, unfortunately. I am worried about him starving, so I am constantly seeding the sump and dumping pods in the DY. It's getting expensive

[SkunkClown]

Maybe you have tried this but mine seems to like frozen bloodworms! I just tried feeding him with a turkey baster and he gobbled them up. It helps to turn off the power heads.
I just bought some live copepods. 24 bucks for a small bottle

[mattdean]

I'll try that. I'm due for some new frozen food anyway. Yeah, pods are expensive. I'm not sure I'll ever be able to keep up with the demand on pods, but I'll try!

[ScubaSteve]

Build a "pod pile". Simply make a pile of rubble in the back of the tank somewhere to act as a refuge for the pods. Squirt food in there from time to time and you'll have a pod factory! I did that and had the fattest mandarin who only ate pods.

Wicked photos by the way.

[mattdean]

Thanks Steve,

I have rocks in my overflow, in my sump and very porous rock in the DT. I don't really have a place in the DT for a pod pile - it's a peninsula and I'm a little anal about the layout.

I am trying to seed the fuge more in hopes of building a good base. The problem is having wrasses that also hunt pods.