I mean Who Really is having success raising pods?

[atoll]

Interesting, I wonder if it’s not as popular because we H2O2 directly into our tanks instead.

Not sure but given the length of time Oxydators have been around but not available in the US then few knew of them and many still don't. I have been singing the virtues of Oxydators on here for a number of years. However, most people who directly add peroxide do locally to kill a patch of GHA. An Oxydator is not designed to eliminate GHA although it does seem to help along with helping to eliminate or reduce cyno and diatoms.

 

[leighla wolf]

Tons of success. 30,000 every week.



apex

tisbe

Would you be willing to create a video on your setup and how you culture them (I did read your instructions but I'm more of a visual learner)? I'm getting pods in a few days and have the materials to propagate pods but a lot of youtube videos with updates have their systems crash and your obviously doing something different because yours hasn't! From one reefer to another thanks!

 

[living_tribunal]

Would you be willing to create a video on your setup and how you culture them (I did read your instructions but I'm more of a visual learner)? I'm getting pods in a few days and have the materials to propagate pods but a lot of youtube videos with updates have their systems crash and your obviously doing something different because yours hasn't! From one reefer to another thanks!

I will see if I can find some time.

There’s not much to it. My guess is it’s the food component. Feeding your apocyclops detritus of any kind will go a long way compared to just phyto. Other than that, there’s virtually nothing else to it. If the culture goes completely clear, you feed more.

Not sure if anyone else here has switched to reef roids or some alternative for their pods since my posts but I’d be interested to see if anyone else has my same experience.

 

[leighla wolf]

Thanks! Yeah I have reed roids as well as phyto and getting a shipment of 5280 AlgaeBarn pods in the next two days!

 

[living_tribunal]

Thanks! Yeah I have reed roids as well as phyto and getting a shipment of 5280 AlgaeBarn pods in the next two days!

Not sure what’s in 5,280 but I think another situation culterers get themselves into is choosing the wrong pods.

All beginners should start with tisbe or apex.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Not sure what’s in 5,280 but I think another situation culterers get themselves into is choosing the wrong pods.

All beginners should start with tisbe or apex.

The 5280 is a mix of Tisbe, Apocyclops (Apex), and Tigriopus.

 

[ThRoewer]

... is a mix of Tisbe, Apocyclops (Apex), and Tigriopus.

Which is already a bad start if you want to culture them. Depending on the culture conditions one will take over and outcompete the others. In outside cultures that will generally be Tigriopus which in turn, as a splash-pool specialist, has almost no chance of long term survival in a reef tank environment (or in the ocean for that matter).

This is my beef with AlgaeBarn - they mix their pods. Mixes are useless for any purpose other than immediate feeding them to the tank.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Algaebarn also sells straight cultures of Tisbe, Tigriopus, and Apocyclops though. Now if only they would sell their Oithona pods in a separate culture....

 

[leighla wolf]

Not sure what’s in 5,280 but I think another situation culterers get themselves into is choosing the wrong pods.

All beginners should start with tisbe or apex.

Which is already a bad start if you want to culture them. Depending on the culture conditions one will take over and outcompete the others. In outside cultures that will generally be Tigriopus which in turn, as a splash-pool specialist, has almost no chance of long term survival in a reef tank environment (or in the ocean for that matter).

This is my beef with AlgaeBarn - they mix their pods. Mixes are useless for any purpose other than immediate feeding them to the tank.

Is there any particular place you guys get your pods from that you’ve had luck cultivating? Also, I’ve heard that instead of using led light strips you can put your pod culture in the window for light instead

 

[ThRoewer]

Is there any particular place you guys get your pods from that you’ve had luck cultivating? Also, I’ve heard that instead of using led light strips you can put your pod culture in the window for light instead

Reed Mariculture would be my first choice for Tigriopus, Apocyclops and Parvocalanus. For all the things they don't have I usually go to AlgaGen (sold at LiveAquaria for example).

 

[ThRoewer]

Algaebarn also sells straight cultures of Tisbe, Tigriopus, and Apocyclops though. Now if only they would sell their Oithona pods in a separate culture....

They are hiding their mono-species cultures so well that one might think they don't really want to sell them...

 

[ichthyogeek]

They are hiding their mono-species cultures so well that one might think they don't really want to sell them...

In their defense, once a hobbyist gets their hands on a culture and gets it thriving, their area may not need to buy anymore, since the culture itself. IIRC, you were looking for a rotifer free culture of Tisbe? They do sell the monocultures. It’s slightly hard to find them because they put up cutesy names like “tigger pods” and “apocalypse pods” and “tisbee”.

Tisbee Pods

ALL-NEW DURABLE PACKAGING! Seed Your Aquarium | Increase Pod Populations | Feed Finicky Fish Each 16oz portion of Tisbee Pods contains 3000+ LIVE Tisbe Copepods ranging from nauplii to adult sizes. Tisbee Pods are great for seeding new tanks & refugiums, boosting existing populations, or feeding...

www.algaebarn.com

 

[leighla wolf]

In their defense, once a hobbyist gets their hands on a culture and gets it thriving, their area may not need to buy anymore, since the culture itself. IIRC, you were looking for a rotifer free culture of Tisbe? They do sell the monocultures. It’s slightly hard to find them because they put up cutesy names like “tigger pods” and “apocalypse pods” and “tisbee”.

Tisbee Pods

ALL-NEW DURABLE PACKAGING! Seed Your Aquarium | Increase Pod Populations | Feed Finicky Fish Each 16oz portion of Tisbee Pods contains 3000+ LIVE Tisbe Copepods ranging from nauplii to adult sizes. Tisbee Pods are great for seeding new tanks & refugiums, boosting existing populations, or feeding...

www.algaebarn.com

Thanks everyone! I will definitely be investing in these. Maybe if my pods aren’t good (my shipment has had some delays) and my if pods haven’t survived I’ll maybe see if they’ll send the monoculture instead.

 

[leighla wolf]

Also if anyone see’s a YouTube video they could post a link to where they see someone culturing pods correctly, please post it! Are the plastic bags necessary or could a well washed without soap plastic container work?

 

[ThRoewer]

Algaebarn also sells straight cultures of Tisbe, Tigriopus, and Apocyclops though. Now if only they would sell their Oithona pods in a separate culture....

Which of their mixes contains that one?
Maybe it would be worth getting that mix and isolate the Oithona from it...

In their defense, once a hobbyist gets their hands on a culture and gets it thriving, their area may not need to buy anymore, since the culture itself. IIRC, you were looking for a rotifer free culture of Tisbe? They do sell the monocultures. It’s slightly hard to find them because they put up cutesy names like “tigger pods” and “apocalypse pods” and “tisbee”.

Tisbee Pods

ALL-NEW DURABLE PACKAGING! Seed Your Aquarium | Increase Pod Populations | Feed Finicky Fish Each 16oz portion of Tisbee Pods contains 3000+ LIVE Tisbe Copepods ranging from nauplii to adult sizes. Tisbee Pods are great for seeding new tanks & refugiums, boosting existing populations, or feeding...

www.algaebarn.com

Few hobbyists actually culture pods like we breeders do.

I think AlgaGen is a better source for single species culture starters and their selection is much wider.

 

[CrazyCarlitos]

I was able to boost my cultures after coming across some article by a company that has to culture astronomical amounts of pods. I forgot who it was but they went into great detail of how they manage everything. What struck me was that they didn't feed any of their apocyclops species phyto. They broke down one of the biggest misconceptions newbies have which is that apocyclops primarily eat detritus, not phyto. This doesn't mean apocyclops (tisbes/apex) don't eat phyto but it just doesn't grow the cultures to nearly the same degree as detritus/rotifers does.

After reading this, I tried a variety of diets: flakes, frozen rotifers, live rotifers, pellets, etc. The hands down winner was reef roids which is basically just a rotifer blend. This increased my weekly harvests 10x.

You need to be careful about what pods you are culturing however as tigres only consume phyto, and massive amounts of it. An easy way to remember this is, generally, if the pods are surface dwellers (stay on the glass, rocks, bottom) they want detritus. If they are free swimmers, tigres for example, they want phyto.

Thx for the info re: reefroids. I will try it on Apex pods.

I set up my phytoplankton (Tetraselmis) culture few weeks ago. So far so good.

And just started two pods cultures last weekend. One tisbe and one apex.

 

[leighla wolf]

Thx for the info re: reefroids. I will try it on Apex pods.

I set up my phytoplankton (Tetraselmis) culture few weeks ago. So far so good.

And just started two pods cultures last weekend. One tisbe and one apex.

Please let me know if you are successful! And if so what your procedures were! I really want to culture pods and do so correctly AND efficiently!

 

[Reef Nutrition]

In their defense, once a hobbyist gets their hands on a culture and gets it thriving, their area may not need to buy anymore, since the culture itself. IIRC, you were looking for a rotifer free culture of Tisbe? They do sell the monocultures. It’s slightly hard to find them because they put up cutesy names like “tigger pods” and “apocalypse pods” and “tisbee”.

Tisbee Pods

ALL-NEW DURABLE PACKAGING! Seed Your Aquarium | Increase Pod Populations | Feed Finicky Fish Each 16oz portion of Tisbee Pods contains 3000+ LIVE Tisbe Copepods ranging from nauplii to adult sizes. Tisbee Pods are great for seeding new tanks & refugiums, boosting existing populations, or feeding...

www.algaebarn.com

Tigger-Pods is our registered trademark "cutesy" name.

 

[ichthyogeek]

Tigger-Pods is our registered trademark "cutesy" name.

Oops, I got my brands of tigriopus mixed up. Yes. Reef Nutrition does the Tigger-Pods.

Algae barn does "Tig Pods"

 

[CrazyCarlitos]

Please let me know if you are successful! And if so what your procedures were! I really want to culture pods and do so correctly AND efficiently!

For sure. I will let u know.
So far so good. Lol

I am noobie at culturing pods so I am learning too.

I tried to keep the set-up simple.
Just updated it in my build thread

Build Thread - Innovative Marine IM Ext 50 - Triton Method

New build - Triton Method New equipments: - IM ext 50 gallon with APS stand - Trigger Triton 26 Sump - Current USA E-Flux 6010 DC pump - Octo eSsence S-130 Skimmer - BRS 200w titanium heater - Caribsea Aragonite Special Grade Dry 40lbs - MacroRocks dry live rock (foundation and shelf) -...

www.reef2reef.com

Don’t wanna hijack this thread