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Do they self sustain and breed in the tank?I culture Tisbe pods just to keep my mandarin fat and happy.
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Do they self sustain and breed in the tank?I culture Tisbe pods just to keep my mandarin fat and happy.
Tisbe pods are known to establish colonies in an aquarium. They along With Apocyclops are very fast breeders. That being said it can depend on the size of tank and who else you have that targets them, what I call “pod hunters”. Sand sleeping wrasses, sand sifting gobies, anthias, dragonets, etc. Generally they can out compete with predators, if they are not overly hunted. Also water conditions and food supply. Dosing phytoplankton in you DT I believe to be really important in establishing a healthy and growing pod population. Even though they are omnivores in a sense as they eat algae and detritus, clean tanks that are not over fed won’t support as good of colonization without supplementing their diet.Do they self sustain and breed in the tank?
Interesting. Can you elaborate a bit on how you do the bacteria? Do you have them on a shaker, what temp? Why do you have to combine with mud?The food I culture myself is bacteria snow, since 70% of a coral’s diet in the wild is bacteria, and I have quite a few coral that are hard to feed and may not even capture prey, such as the fox coral. I culture Eco Complete with NP+ and amino acids and use life source mud and marine snow to make it easy to consume and stick in the tank.
I buy live foods, currently live pods from Reef Nutrition on subscription. I have purchased also rotifers and phytoplankton in the past from Reef Nutrition and Algae barn. I tried culturing all if these, but it wasn’t worth it. I was always concerned about waste products like fertilizer and bacteria, too.
I sometimes grow baby brine shrimp.
Do you constantly add? I am mid build but I’ll add to tank and refugium I think as well as do live adult brine for food.Tisbe pods are known to establish colonies in an aquarium. They along With Apocyclops are very fast breeders. That being said it can depend on the size of tank and who else you have that targets them, what I call “pod hunters”. Sand sleeping wrasses, sand sifting gobies, anthias, dragonets, etc. Generally they can out compete with predators, if they are not overly hunted. Also water conditions and food supply. Dosing phytoplankton in you DT I believe to be really important in establishing a healthy and growing pod population. Even though they are omnivores in a sense as they eat algae and detritus, clean tanks that are not over fed won’t support as good of colonization without supplementing their diet.
Isn't that an exorbitant price you're charging for very little that comes with the "kit"? I just looked real quick so maybe I missed something but it looked like 2 pickle jars and an airline. Perhaps you include a small amount of phyto? What else is in the kit that justifies the price? Curious, no insult whatsoever.Hey thanks for the shout out. We really appreciate it.
These are the kits I have been telling you about.
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I constantly add to my tanks that are heavily stocked with dragonats, anthias and wrasses as i dont want them to run out.Do you constantly add? I am mid build but I’ll add to tank and refugium I think as well as do live adult brine for food.
Yes it includes more. Depending on the kit, it includes jars, airline, rigid tubing, check valve, regulator valve, and LED strip lights, then depending on the kit, it includes 1 or two phyto starters, and 1 pod starter 16 Oz of each, enough F/2 for about 1 year, Silicate if phyto chosen is a diatom, our culture guide email, and personal assistance with starting and establishing your cultures. Compare this to the kit you can buy on Bulk Reef Supply for $247.50 which does not com with phyto and pods or support and I would say the price is fairly reasonable. So you get the equipment that their kit includes, granted somewhat basic on the vessel, plus $43 worth of phyto and pods for $147.51 less than the product referenced above. On Amazon there is a similar vessel with only the rigid tube for $21.50 and it is only 64 Oz not a gallon. And yes if a person is capable they can buy every thing and drill the lid etc, plus purchase includes free 2 day shipping at $30-40 dollars and the expense of buying and storing the inventory. Often times some of the very basic expenses of running a business are over looked by individuals such as the Sponsorship fees, monthly website fees, credit card transaction fees. So our $99.99 kit may net us $25-30 after all of these, but when it arrives sterilized and assembled a person can have their cultures running in 15-30 minutes if they are prepared. So having someone else source and prepare everything has benefits as well.Isn't that an exorbitant price you're charging for very little that comes with the "kit"? I just looked real quick so maybe I missed something but it looked like 2 pickle jars and an airline. Perhaps you include a small amount of phyto? What else is in the kit that justifies the price? Curious, no insult whatsoever.