Sgc1107
Aquarium Advice Freak
Just wondering the best method & what equipment I need to breed these fellas to keep my tank supply up. Sick of buying them!!
Have a Refugium and chaeto
How long have you had your Refugium? I see your tank is relatively new
They are breeding in your tank right now. What are you feeding with them that you need more? If you just give it time, there will be many.
How much rock do you have in the tank? When you say coral banded, are you referring to the shrimp, or a copper banded butterfly? If you are speaking of the shrimp, they don't eat pods.
You are fine with the CB shrimp. You may be ok with 75 pounds of rock. People used to say about 100 pounds of rock per mandarin and you'll never have to add a single pod.
I am going to build some "pod condos" to put in my refugium. I am making them out of leaf screens for gutters by wire tying the screens into tubes and filling the tubes with live rock rubble and maybe a little chaeto. I've head this provides a good pod habitat.
Here's an example:
Why go through the trouble? Isn't the entire refugium devoted to pods and algae?I am going to build some "pod condos" to put in my refugium. I am making them out of leaf screens for gutters by wire tying the screens into tubes and filling the tubes with live rock rubble and maybe a little chaeto. I've head this provides a good pod habitat.
Here's an example:
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