Bioballs and pods

This might seem really dumb, but I can't seem to find an answer anywhere. I have a 14 gal bio cube up right now. I put base rock in and 1 live from my 55gals fuge. I was about to take the bio balls out an add more rock back there. When I started pulling the balls out they were infest with pods! This was the only reason I was going to replace them, for more pods. Is it posibile for pods to live in the bioballs and establish a colony? The tank has been running like this with 1 turbo snail in there for about 3 or 4 months.

 

Yes pod live in bio balls or bio bail or anything else Bio ball and bail all get a bad rap I have never found mine to create any NO3 issues , I always run a nitrate coil and I do like the added dissolved oxygen the water takes up in its trip along all the bio balls and what ever else we use . In the old days we used old fishing line to hair curlers to bottle tops

 

Yes. They eat detritus and phytoplankton. They don't care if they find their food on plastic Vs. live rock.

 

That's good news to me! Thanks for the help.