pods

[wvanderborg]

Is it necessary to have a fuge on a 25 gal tank to support coepods for 1 mandarin fish? I added a bottle of tigger pods a month ago but I never see them. As always thanks for the help guys.

 

[carey]

One bottle pof pods isnt enough to start an entire colony of pods, especially enough for a mandarin. It takes months and alot of rock for the pods to reproduce. A fuge would be a good start, the bigger the better. If you have intentions of getting a mandarin you need to have a really solid population and a plan for going forward. My mandarin eats frozen food now but it took a long time and a lot of pods til she switched to frozen.

 

[Mpfaff77]

Don't put mandarin in that tank. It will not survive. Tank is too small and no refuge is bad idea. My mandarin spends 12 hours a day eating. At least. He will deplete a 30 gallon pod population in no time. If you had a refuge and a very established tank then maybe. But even still little small in my opinion. My Mandy is in a 90 gallon with 55 sump which is baffled off with a 15 gallon refuge.

 

[wvanderborg]

Aye. Well I don't really have room where my tank is to add a fuge. So I guess until it moves I will hold off.