Baged POD ???

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Matthew_sample

I want to know how long they are good for. I just got my shipment intoday and decided to build a seperate pod tank to raise pods... I have them in my main tanks already but I am giong with 2 new bags of the pods from saltwarerfish.com


Quesiton is how long will they last inthe bag before I have to put them in the tank.. I would like to have about a week .. other wise i will have to put them between the 2 tanks
 
Odds are they need oxygen. What about a two-liter bottle with an airstone on low? Watch out for temperature too.
 
ok I put them in 2 5 gallon bucket with airstones for now..

That should do it..

I got a light on top of them too ..

I did some reading up on the web I found a article were you could just add them in a tank with nothing and raise them so i figure the 2 5 gallons I had set up should work as well...

That should give me time to get my 20 high going with the sand and algae... to put them in..
 
You could even keep them alive in a styrofoam cooler, which would help maintain water temperature.
 
got them in my office which has a seperate thermistate and unit...

Room temp should be good for a few days...

the breeding link sid just to put them in a plain tank but I out a baffel in so I can add sand and move the water with a small make shift return type of deal...

also I will use it to put the babies if I ever get any..
 
I keep tigger pods (similar to the pods from saltwaterfish.com) in a 6G acrylic tank. I've had pods to harvest for several months, they reproduce pretty rapidly (seems 2-3 week cycle as best I can tell).

The setup:
Old leftover 6G marineland Eclipse tank, no hood, no pumps/filtration. Air pump & air stone. Leave tank open top, oxy exchange is important. I did this in vertical tank and the pods crashed. I keep the tank about about 1/2 full and drew a line with a marker for correct water level. Run a single airstone with no pumps, no filtration. Start with fresh saltwater, not leftover water from your main tank after a water change. Tread the culture like phyto, never introduce a net or other wet stuff from you main tank back into the culture tank. Top off with DI water.

Feeding:
I feed 3 capfulls of DTs every three days or so (when undisturbed water starts turning clear again instead of green).

Temperature:
I don't run a heater (and I suspect that this winter with the house at 70-72 is why they didn't really take off like the batch I had last summer). I bought a Azoo titanium mini heater to use and will probably set it at 78 when winter arrives.

Hope that helps. You most certainly can keep them alive.
 
My fug has plenty of space for them if you want to bring them over, I won't charge any rent. :lol:
 
I ended up setting up a 20 tall...

I put a baffel in the center and on one side I put in sand and live rock and micralgae.


on the other I put in a few pieces of rubble and a return to the first section.


I have a air stone in as well every thing I see said AIR

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Also next to it I have a 5 gal Bucket with Just a air stone, But I have a light on this one.

Not sure which one is going to work.. I needed another tank if I have babies and/or eggs any way... so i figure this will do the trick..


I found a place to order some differant tiger pods and other critters but I have not gotten any more tell I see how this does.
 
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