Too much flow for pods to live?

nim6us

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I’ve not had great success with pods in my tank, it’s almost two years old now. I’ve added little one shots here or there but they’ve never taken off. So I decided to get a massive amount and kickstart my population.

My tank is 4x2x2, I turned off my returns and wavemakers and added the pods. The tank was teeming! All over the glass rocks, the water was so dense with pods I really thought “maybe I bought too many”.

After an hour I turned on my wavemakers and return.. now I can’t see a single pod! Obviously I know they’re tiny but I’m starting to wonder if I have too much flow for them to live in the DT, is that possible?

For reference I’ve got a RS 425 with 2x Gyre 330’s on opposing ends. Set on an random flow with a peak of 80% power.
 

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I used to have so many, I'd see them in the water column WITH the lights on. The water flow isn't gonna bother them.
 

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