copepods

i have an dragnet and was what type of product to use til i have a fram going. i see reefpod but they have all kinds of products to choice from. or is there something better to use. i do have some in my tank atm but i dont think its a enough. and i dont wanta stave the little bugger. tanks been up for a while. another thing is i do have a banded goby. could he be eat these as well?

 

most fish will eat copepods, I think your goby should eat the copepods as well. Reefpod is a good choice and so are the tigger pods. I would also consider buying some chaeto with copepods in them, that way you'll have a variety of different pods for your fish.

The best alternative is to breed the copepods. It's actually really easy. You just need to buy a container, a bubbler, pods, and phytoplankton.

 

when i breed these will i need live rock or sand? amphipods (sp) do they come like a product of reefpods?

 

I am not an english nor grammar expert, but you might want to spell check or post sober or something. This one was pretty hard to figure out.

in a 55g?

You bought a dragonet (ie mandarin) now too? In the last thread we already recommended you were over stocked, and you added more? Seriously man you need to slow down cause adding new fish every couple days and adjust your stocking before things go out of whack and you end up with a crashed tank.

 

for one thing im not adding fish every couple of days. i add a group of them and im done adding fish till i get my bigger tank. second my spelling may not be the best as well as grammer. i do take all info into consideration cause everyone on these forums have diffferent views.

 

Do you have a refugium in your sump? What I did was take some empty large turbo snail shells and put them in my refugium and some cheato. I added my pods there also so that they have a place to multiply. IMO, adding pods to the fuge instead of the DT(only when the lights turn off) gives them a better chance for survival.

 

i dont have a sump. but going to start a farm instead. eveything i have is hob skimmer and a cannister filter with 115+lbs of LR in my tank.

 

will a cleaner wrasse eat up pods?

 

as mentioned previously, most fish with eat copepods. your best bet is to try to get the Mandarin to eat prepare foods or return him. It will take awhile to establish pods and he is not likely to last that long

 

Cleaner wrasse are generally one of those fish that are best left in the ocean. Even very seasoned & experienced hobbyists have trouble keeping them for more than short term.