Pod EXPLOSION!

143MPCo · Mar 7, 2016

This guy must be from planet Krypton (Super-Pods), I just looked at the

dirty sock in the bucket and they are still moving.

reefwiser · Mar 7, 2016

Great stuff my purple tang is always eating pods.

Collinslice · Mar 7, 2016

Sent you a pm

143MPCo · Mar 7, 2016

Ryengoth said:
Be sure to dose phyto or reef snow once a week. Those pods will keep your mechanical filters squeaky clean. Also, try to move a bunch of them to the DT with the lights off. They'll also help keep your rocks clean of detritus and that will help keep your PO4 down regardless of your feeding habits. They're eating machines. LOL I have some in my sump that are almost 1/2" now. Keep the same feeding cycle and amounts or they'll starve if you don't supplement with phyto.

Thx and will do!
Been noticing them more and more on the rock and sand in the DT. Also noticed that after I dumped them out from the sock into the bucket, that what I thought was super fine specks at the bottom, turned out to be more of them; Assuming babies (don't know the right term; hatchlings?).

Ryengoth · Mar 7, 2016

Here's one of the big boys that I've seen in the DT. There are smaller ones everywhere in the rocks. If you pick one up out of the water and hold it, you'll see pods scramble and fall back into the tank.

revhtree · Mar 7, 2016

That's awesome man! LOL!

143MPCo · Mar 7, 2016

That's not what my wife said, and I quote "I'm never going in the ocean again" or something like that haha.

BfishLpond78 · Mar 7, 2016

Man....would love to dump that whole bucket into the tank and watch the fish snatch up all those tasty snacks!

Red88rick · Mar 7, 2016

Ha the ocean comment was funny. On my Bros bachelor party we all went up to road island to the beach and my buddy came out (who is rather hairy) and had little bugs all over him. I thought it was hilarious.

143MPCo · Mar 7, 2016

Red88rick said:
Ha the ocean comment was funny. On my Bros bachelor party we all went up to road island to the beach and my buddy came out (who is rather hairy) and had little bugs all over him. I thought it was hilarious.

I have a feeling he didn't think so...lol

143MPCo · Mar 8, 2016

143MPCo · Mar 8, 2016

Man if I don't sound depressed and ticked off in that video, lol, sorry wasn't my intent early morning.[emoji12]

revhtree · Mar 8, 2016

Awesome man! I may have to buy a round from you! I really need more pods! HA!

Luis Spinola · Mar 8, 2016

143MPCo said:
Got pods?

Glad you have them isolated, they are a pest in my reef tank, two different zoas colonies have been dissapeared by this critters.

Suicideissleep · Mar 8, 2016

Buy some wrasses and some mandarins and pipe fish you will be all set

mrtian97 · Mar 9, 2016

I have the same in my DT, they only come out when the light is out. I don't have wrasse or mandarin. My yellow tang, tomini, clown, flame angels and damsels do not seems interested with them. Are they harmful to LpS and zoas?

Collinslice · Mar 9, 2016

mrtian97 said:
I have the same in my DT, they only come out when the light is out. I don't have wrasse or mandarin. My yellow tang, tomini, clown, flame angels and damsels do not seems interested with them. Are they harmful to LpS and zoas?

No but they will clean up dying and dead tissue

143MPCo · Mar 9, 2016

A good read on the subjects of Pods in reef aquariums: http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/rs/

From the article:

In both the natural reef and our artificial ones copepods are common, and important animals. The large planktonic copepods characteristic of the open ocean are lacking in our systems, but many of the other types of copepods are commonly found. Their populations in our tanks may be immense; in a large tank, the harpacticoids probably number in the millions. Their contribution to the tank's energy and nutrient flux is considerable and of great importance to the well being of our aquaria. This notwithstanding, we must also be aware that, as with most large animal groups, not all of the animals likely to be found will be desirable. Some copepods are very well adapted to the parasitic mode of life and these animals, as well as their beneficial brethren, often are found in our aquaria.