breeding brine shrimp

[reefwars]

Originally Posted by tt101

yeah i agree 100% with that, i don't think its fair to just dump the poor guy in te tank and make him starve to death. im going to hang a container on the inside of my tank so he gets water flow and i can wean him on to frozen. i plan on keeping him in my lightly stocked 65 gallon fowler/semi reef tank. with a pair of clowns {just percula or ocellaris}, a pair of bangaii cardinals, a pajama cardinal, royal gramma and a couple gobies. im going to have around 60 pounds of live rock. i think with such low stocking and a lot of live rock he can still make it to the food before the other fish get it all. pods would also thrive in my tank with low stocking. if anything i can always spot feed or feed at night. idk about how active they are at night but i realize that they live mainly near the bottom and will find the food a lot easier and quicker then the other fish

there are also ways to increase your pod poulation are you running a sump???


growing macro algae is a great place for pods to reproduce. a dark spot in your tank with a rubble pile will help too.

once a week i shake some cheato from my sump in my display to help get them to the display:P

[reefwars]

and maybe i missed it but why not buy a mandarin that already eats frozen??
they are not as easy to find but do come up from peple and lfs

[Myka]

Originally Posted by reefwars

a dark spot in your tank with a rubble pile will help too.

This makes a big difference because it gives pods a safe place to hide and breed so none of the fish can decimate the population.

Matt Pedersen describes a great way to train Mandarins to eat frozen brine shrimp in the Nov/Dec 2011 CORAL magazine. If you don't have it, you can order back issues on their website. I've used Matt P's method once and it worked well, I just found using my messy 10 gallon temp tank is easier.

[tt101]

Originally Posted by reefwars

and maybe i missed it but why not buy a mandarin that already eats frozen??
they are not as easy to find but do come up from peple and lfs

im going to try and see if i can find any already eating frozen but this will be like my back up incase it doesnt workout.

Originally Posted by Myka

This makes a big difference because it gives pods a safe place to hide and breed so none of the fish can decimate the population.

Matt Pedersen describes a great way to train Mandarins to eat frozen brine shrimp in the Nov/Dec 2011 CORAL magazine. If you don't have it, you can order back issues on their website. I've used Matt P's method once and it worked well, I just found using my messy 10 gallon temp tank is easier.

thanks and i agree that will be something i'll incorporate into my tank. and i will deffinitely be checking it out