Which ones of Algaebarn did you go with? I also use Algaebarn, thus the question. I have found that the Ecopods are far better. I used the 5280 pods in the past, BUT, found that their Ecopods are so much better. My Blue Star Leopard wrasse tears them up.
On their advice I went with 5280 and tig pods.
I would go with their Ecopods.
I have lost confidence in them to supply me a live product unfortunately. 4 times seems like enough opportunity to see some results. All I ever see in those containers is floating specs of dust.
I am truly sorry you have seen that. I have a subscription with them because I believe in what they are shipping. I also noticed what looked like dead pods when I purchased 5280 pod, BUT, you have to remember that they send pods that are usually not born yet in hopes that they are born bye the time you get them, it is truly a crap shoot as they do not control shipping after they actually ship them. I have noticed that the Ecopods have a far better life spam as their are more strains of pods vs. the 5280. I have not yet received a jar of Ecopods, and some have gone thru some bad shipping experiences, meaning 3-4 day shipping, and not seen a ton of activity in the jar.
I don't put complete fault with them. The shipping they use sucks. My package takes multiple days to arrive and has been sitting in a hot truck all day. Package is very warm to the touch when they hand it to me so I'm not surprised the pods are dead on arrival even though algaebarn will say they can survive that type of shipping environment.
He could just be getting enough by picking on the rocks along with just learning his new environment. 4 days isn’t too long a time. I’m sure there are plenty of pods there even if you can’t see them. Sometimes a flashlight at night will reveal them. I see lots of critters in my tank at night with a flashlight sometimes.
I can't see anything tiny with my flashlight in there. I hope he is getting by. He is wild caught and tiny sized but swims around like a torpedo.
Some beautiful wrasse! I love C. aquamarinus (Previously known as C. cf solorensis) aswell as that flasher (I assume P. mccoskeri).My 3 so far..
The second I put my Naso in my tank the 2 leopards I have started to fight almost instantly. Before that they were fine always swimming around and keeping the peace. It could have been good timing and one of them is transitioning to a male and picking on the other but the timing was WAY to perfect after adding the naso.
Very pretty wrasse! I can’t wait to watch mine transition to an adult female!! It’ll be amazing to watch since I have grown her from about .25-.5”I have a Blonde Naso tang
And it couldn't care less about anything other than a Zebrasoma tang.
I have a Divided Leopard wrasse.
I have had several R2R members simply say, you just need to add another Leopard wrasse. I always say, I need to add another Divided Leopard wrasse. They say, WHY, and I always say that the male and female coloration is enough for me.
I prefer the female colourations in all of the leopard wrasse genus, to me that’s nicer whereas a male bipartitus to me is just green and pink mixing, my LFS had two male bipartitus leopards in at once and I honestly kept going towards the females instead because they have that nicer computation but the juveniles have way more spots than the adult females you see in the stores.I have had several R2R members simply say, you just need to add another Leopard wrasse. I always say, I need to add another Divided Leopard wrasse. They say, WHY, and I always say that the male and female coloration is enough for me.
Thus me looking at adding another Divided Leopard wrasse.
How is that solorensis? Is it aggressive towards your other wrasses?My 3 so far..
Very pretty!! I would love one just debating on what my final wrasse should be and wether I put in the money or get a more common one.C. pylei and my B. bimaculatus both went into the display yesterday. So far no fighting with all the others, but this guy is gonna be really cool when he gets bigger.
