Jellybeanie
Aquarium Advice Regular
I'm just finished cycling my new 200L tank. Water conditions are perfect and have just started adding some Live Rock. I'm going to leave it for about another month before adding fish (going to start with 2 clowns). Eventually, after the recommended 6 months to a year, I want to add a Mandarin Dragonet. I understand that they are quite picky eaters and will usually only eat pods. I was wondering if I set up a pod pile with some rubble LR in a corner of the tank, leaving it grow for the year before adding the Mandarin, would it produce enough pods for the Mandarin? I'm not sure setting up a refugium would be possible for me so a pod pile is the only other solution I can think of. What would be the best way to set up a pod pile? Under a strawberry carton, a pile in the corner, etc. What should I feed the pods? What fish should I avoid if I want to set up a large pod population? (i.e. Fish that eat a lot of pods). Should I buy pods to start off with or is it likely that they have hitch-hiked into my tank on the live rock? Thanks