Kelpie Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 What would be the best placement for this drain so as to carry a significant number of pods and plankton into the display tank? Do most of the pods creep around on the supstrate or on the plants? Thanks Link to comment
MrKrispy Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 mine tend to be in the rock rubble. I see them in the algae, but most are in the rubble, when I see them. As for the drain, who knows. What is a sig. # of pods? What is the point of the fuge if they all get swept in to the tank? Link to comment
Kelpie Posted May 4, 2004 Author Share Posted May 4, 2004 True, then too what would be the point (other than pH control and nutrient export LOL) if too few are . I suppose it would be best if an equlibrium could be maintained so than the rate at which they are swept into the main tank would be equal to their reproduction rate in the fuge. Still, if they don't spend much time swimming higher in the water column detached from substrate or algae, how can they be moved into the main tank in adequate numbers to be an important source of nutrition? Link to comment
EtOH_is_good Posted May 4, 2004 Share Posted May 4, 2004 i've been thinking about this one since you posted it. i don't have enough personal experience to know the answer, but since you didn't get many replies... i have read about large pods coming out from overflows of well established hob refugiums before, so i think that when they come out it is most like accidental on their part. i think that they end up being more a supplimental nutrition source rather than a primary source. as far as plumbing, i would be more worried about power outages and the overflow capacity of the tank than trying to get pods out. gl Link to comment
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