Pods, Pods and more Pods....

At any given time, there is 40-50 amphipods in the little area, and now there is a bunch of these white dots there. I also noticed there were some large amphipods there, 1/4" in length. Im wondering if the white dots are egg sacks of the pods. There is always little blackish brownish dots running around there aswell. There is no fish in the tank, so there is no threat of anything eating them. My tank is literally over run with 1000's upon 1000's of pods.


This picture is a Chitton hitching a ride on a Abalone.

 

Its time for a sale

Hi,
they sell pods all over the internet, maybe you should farm them
Doug

 

lol I already have the start to an accidental farm, haha. Once everything is situated, Im getting a mandarin, Im sure it will take care of the problem, hahahaha.

 

I want one of them so bad but I want to make sure he has enough to eat so I'm going to wait until the tank is a little more mature. From the looks of your tank he would have plenty to eat.

 

A sixline would be a big help also...

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or get both! - Looks like your tank would easily support both.

 

just find one that eats frozen. they'll last longer anyhow.

 

The sixline didnt put a dent in the population, lol.

All I know is, I can more then likely successfully keep any wrasse or mandarin at the moment,hahahaha.

Ialso need to be thinking about something that can help on the chitton population.

 

Sixline is probably finding something better to eat. :-/

 

I may research farming them. I currently have a bunch of eggs and 1000's of pods.

 

I just read a great article on raising amphpods, and its pretty simple. Just have to have the right conditions which I have in my tank already.