Hi all.
Can 50kg of rock on about 2” of live sand hold enough copepods to look after a mandarin dragonet and breed enough so he/her will not wipe out the colony?
the new aquarium would be fully based around the manderin.
My initial thinking … cycle the tank, introduce thousands and thousands of pods and let them settle for a few weeks etc. Then introduce the dragon?
the tank will be built for me and be 28” x 28” bu 36” high. (50kg of dry rock)
The sump they’ve said they’ll build for it will be 30 x 17 x 17" split in 3 equal parts, so if absolutely essential a refugium is possible. Just if the 50kg of rock and sand will suffice I’ll go without.
cheers people.
Can 50kg of rock on about 2” of live sand hold enough copepods to look after a mandarin dragonet and breed enough so he/her will not wipe out the colony?
the new aquarium would be fully based around the manderin.
My initial thinking … cycle the tank, introduce thousands and thousands of pods and let them settle for a few weeks etc. Then introduce the dragon?
the tank will be built for me and be 28” x 28” bu 36” high. (50kg of dry rock)
The sump they’ve said they’ll build for it will be 30 x 17 x 17" split in 3 equal parts, so if absolutely essential a refugium is possible. Just if the 50kg of rock and sand will suffice I’ll go without.
cheers people.