+mcallahan Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I've heard a lot about building a LR pile in your overflow to provide a safe home and breeding ground for pods. My question is: How do the pods gets back into your tank? Do they crawl over the overflows or are people assuming they'll make it down the overflow pipe, through the skimmer and back through the return pump unscathed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I dont have rubble in mine but one was loaded with bioballs for a time. I'd have to go with yes on this one mark. Reason being that I had my breeder mollies in my fuge for a time and when they had babies they would get out of the fuge travel through my filter pads (which is where your real media thrives) and get sucked up the return. Then I'd wake up to little black fishies hovering in fear at the water line. I'm sure some of them got shredded into fishy food however. If a baby molly can make it thats about a cm, then an itsy bitsy creeper can too. I also had Bob (brackish puffer) dissapear for about 6wks and reappear beside my return pump. He was 3" and made it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diabeetus Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 i asked once how pods get into your display tank from your sump and i got a few answers like, they are so small they are not affected by the impeller from the return pump. and another answer was, im not sure that they actually eat the pods, but the pods offspring which is a lot smaller and more likely to make it to your DT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offroadodge Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 on RC there is a guy that has sand 6" deep in his overflow to create another area like ur talkn about to breed pods and everything else. Helps with filtration also he says.since its wasted space anything in there will be fine, the pod i would imagine could travel back up the water to the DT and never go threw the return or overflow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkiel02 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I used to grow hair algae in mine to feed my tangs. I wouldnt let it get to the point where it might clog it though. A DSB back there might work as someone suggested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 I'm not just convinced they will get through the 200 micron sock waiting for them at the bottom of the overflow downpipe... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzobob Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Check with Zarathrustra2, he has liverock in his overforw for just that reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 Check with Zarathrustra2, he has liverock in his overforw for just that reason. where did that guy go anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kkiel02 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I dont use filter socks but have pods throughout my system. I would think the eggs might make it through? Or just take a piece of rubble from your display and put that in your sump. They will multiply fairly quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted September 1, 2010 Author Share Posted September 1, 2010 The main issue I think is my leopard wrasse. He eats anything frozen and pods while my mandarin pair wont eat anything but pods. They won't even chase after live brine jerking right in front of them I think I'll add some rubble to my overflow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhart032 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 I used to have a bunch of pods in my display in my 90g they would fall over from the fuge, but i had 2 down pipes from my overflow one into a sock and one into the fuge and they both met in the middle by the return pump. so the pods would fall over the fuge side and go through the return. i had some big suckers since i didn't have anything in the tank that would eat them. but thats how they got into mine. and i dunno where Andy is been wondering myself, i haven't seen him in some time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+cyrus Posted September 2, 2010 Share Posted September 2, 2010 The main issue I think is my leopard wrasse. He eats anything frozen and pods while my mandarin pair wont eat anything but pods. They won't even chase after live brine jerking right in front of them I think I'll add some rubble to my overflow Buy a bag of live brine at aquadome, Poke some holes in the bag and hang it in the tank for long life. When you feed frozen brine add live in the mix. Your picky mandrin will pick at all of them. I had a pair swapped over to frozen in about 2 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mcallahan Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 The main issue I think is my leopard wrasse. He eats anything frozen and pods while my mandarin pair wont eat anything but pods. They won't even chase after live brine jerking right in front of them I think I'll add some rubble to my overflow Buy a bag of live brine at aquadome, Poke some holes in the bag and hang it in the tank for long life. When you feed frozen brine add live in the mix. Your picky mandrin will pick at all of them. I had a pair swapped over to frozen in about 2 weeks. Interesting. My mandarins don't even pay attention to live brine right now. I poured a lot in the tank and there was several live brine jerking about right in front of them and they looked them over, and ignored them. For $2 for a bag of brine, might as well give it a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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