Comments on: Microfauna | Those Great ‘Pods

By: eric michael

eric michael — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:32:48 +0000

Todd,

Let us know how the Nitokras go for you.

By: Todd March

Todd March — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 07:50:50 +0000

Tigriopus californicus hasn’t worked well for me either, disappearing after a couple of weeks. Next up I will try Nitokra lacustris from Dr. Adelaide Rhodes (essentiallivefeeds.com)…

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glassbox-design.com » Treating for AEFW with ReVive — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:29:38 +0000

[...] the round of treatment this is the waste that was left behind. Flatworms and Amphipods make up most of the waste with algae and detritus mixed in as [...]

By: Nic

Nic — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:20:48 +0000

I have an abundance of pods thriving in my Remote DSB Bucket. When I do some caulerpa trimming I take the excess and add it to the main tank to feed the Tangs and along with it I add some extra pods.

I don’t run a prestine setup. I let algae grow where it can and I don’t eliminate all sources of detritus when I see it. I have 2 hungry sea cucumbers that thrive on detritus. I think it’s valuable to have places to grow these critters as they provide a great natural source of food for your fish and corals.

By: Nat

Nat — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:28:17 +0000

After I moved my apartments this past summer, it seemed the one thing that noticeably suffered from the move was the population of microfauna. I purchased two bottles of Tigriopus californicus hoping that they would repopulate the tank.

The fish picked them off pretty fast and that was about the end of it. No evidence after 24 hours that any of them managed to establish within the tank. From my own experience, I wouldn’t rate these bottled solutions for anything higher than direct feeding.

By: Chuck

Chuck — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:13:26 +0000

I just finished cooking some rock and re-setting up my 120 gallon BB tank. The pod population is low to non existent at the moment, so I’ve been looking around locally for some of the packaged pods, no luck yet so far. I figure it can’t hurt… well… I hope it can’t hurt to add them