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Do you use Filter socks? Wouldn’t that hinder the Pods numbers? If not socks what do you use?I have a niger trigger and a mandarin in one of my frAg systems the two fish aren’t really competing for the same food source nor are they mortal enemies so it’s not a compatibility issue the issue with mandarins is feeding them. As most every thread about them says they NEED pods and a healthy mature tank to thrive. I’ve never gotten a green mandarin onto live baby brine shrimp but I do have a spotted psychedelic mandarin that eats live baby brine. It’s hit or miss... it’s just hard having such a gorgeous fish in your tank starve out before your eyes
Filter socks do not have a measureable impact on copepod populations.Do you use Filter socks? Wouldn’t that hinder the Pods numbers? If not socks what do you use?
I do use filter socks! Always have and don’t plan on stopping anytime soon I keep healthy refigums in all my reef tanks which afford the pods a safe place to repopulate. I’ve never had a problem with the socks diminishing the pod numbers. My mandarins are fat and healthy!Do you use Filter socks? Wouldn’t that hinder the Pods numbers? If not socks what do you use?
I have a niger trigger and a mandarin in one of my frAg systems the two fish aren’t really competing for the same food source nor are they mortal enemies so it’s not a compatibility issue the issue with mandarins is feeding them. As most every thread about them says they NEED pods and a healthy mature tank to thrive. I’ve never gotten a green mandarin onto live baby brine shrimp but I do have a spotted psychedelic mandarin that eats live baby brine. It’s hit or miss... it’s just hard having such a gorgeous fish in your tank starve out before your eyes
I have a 2 dragonets and have always used socks. Pods don't live in the water column, they crawl around in/on the rocks. The only time the socks cause me issue is when adding new pods, but obviously I am just seeing the large amphipods that the mandarins are really eating anyway.Do you use Filter socks? Wouldn’t that hinder the Pods numbers? If not socks what do you use?