Need some help

K my mom got me a Green Mandarin so put him in my 40g. I know he eats tons of pods. my tank is full of em now but i dont want him to starve so i want to add a refugium. Which do u think is better for a 40g tank, The smaller or larger one? Has anyone tried these? Im so confused!!!!

CPR In-Tank Refugiums - AquaCave

 

i wouldnt get either of those...just go to wal mart in the bath tub area, for 4$ you can get one of these and just place it in some medium flow area...

i got this for my old 20 gallon i had set up and i honestly have never seen more pods in a tank that size ever...seriously pods were all over the place..sand, floating everywhere in the water column, all over rocks...and it holds a good bit of cheato and you run it off your display lights...

 

i wouldnt get either of those...just go to wal mart in the bath tub area, for 4$ you can get one of these and just place it in some medium flow area...

i got this for my old 20 gallon i had set up and i honestly have never seen more pods in a tank that size ever...seriously pods were all over the place..sand, floating everywhere in the water column, all over rocks...and it holds a good bit of cheato and you run it off your display lights...

 

Thats really smart saintsfan! This may be a dumb Q but just. why does a fuge help with the pod population so much? why don't they populate in the DT?

 

Thats such a great idea!!!! Do u think its big enough to have enough pods for a mandarin? if so im so doing it lol!!!!

 

So not a dumb Q! I wondered myself too! Im not sure about everyone else but in my situation a fuge is a safe place for pods to grow. I need em to feed Mandy lol yes thats his name ;D In Dt Mandy would eat em all before they could reproduce and hed starve, so ive been told.....

 

Oh I see duh.. that makes sense.. like a little breeding ground for them.. I hope it works out for you so Mandy can be fat and healthy

 

Thank u! I hope so too! I want him to be a lil fatty!

 

I have always wanted a mandarin ever since I saw one.. I just would worry it would starve... I love little fatty fish

 

Thats my worry too, Im going to do everything in my power to keep him from that! Hes going to have too many pods hopefully, even if i have to order em every week ;D Same here! The fatter the better hehehe