POD farm

I did too... then I added chaeto bc the nitrates in my POD farm were really high (it doesn't really matter, but I didn't like dosing it in my DT)

So I addeda clip on light and run it like 8 hours a day and the chaeto is starting to grow... just a thought...

I added a hermit too... it lasted a few months but finally died.

I doubt they're isopods. More likely amphipods. And no, mandarins don't generally really eat them... too big (amphipods and/or isopods). I learned that the hardway.

Pretty much just focus on copepods for the mandarin.

 

K+ to Matt for bumpin' the local reef clubs. Interesting thread, too.