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der_wille_zur_macht · 11/10/2017, 11:59 AM

Adding a food source for the pods is a great idea. Feeding live phyto can certainly help pod populations and it is a safe way to feed since you're not adding something that'll instantly break down into polluting nutrients, but it's also a lot of work! Practically a hobby in and of itself, assuming you're growing your own - if you've got the cash to buy on a regular basis, have at it.

At any rate, there are probably easier ways to feed pods - just feed your fish more, and/or rotate in some of the fine "coral food" products on the market. Provide good habitat, and wait...

Also worth asking - what is your goal for increasing pod populations? If it's to support a target-feeding fish that makes sense. If it's for biodiversity, or just because you want more, that makes sense, too. But if you're doing it because you want pods as part of your cleanup crew, then I would focus on habitat and NOT feed them - feeding a cleanup crew is just inflating your population beyond what you actually need and IMHO doesn't make sense.

11/10/2017, 11:59 AM	#11
der_wille_zur_macht Team RC Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NY Posts: 17,749	Adding a food source for the pods is a great idea. Feeding live phyto can certainly help pod populations and it is a safe way to feed since you're not adding something that'll instantly break down into polluting nutrients, but it's also a lot of work! Practically a hobby in and of itself, assuming you're growing your own - if you've got the cash to buy on a regular basis, have at it. At any rate, there are probably easier ways to feed pods - just feed your fish more, and/or rotate in some of the fine "coral food" products on the market. Provide good habitat, and wait... Also worth asking - what is your goal for increasing pod populations? If it's to support a target-feeding fish that makes sense. If it's for biodiversity, or just because you want more, that makes sense, too. But if you're doing it because you want pods as part of your cleanup crew, then I would focus on habitat and NOT feed them - feeding a cleanup crew is just inflating your population beyond what you actually need and IMHO doesn't make sense. __________________ Inconveniencing marine life since 1992 "It is my personal belief that reef aquaria should be thriving communities of biodiversity, representative of their wild counterparts, and not merely collections of pretty specimens growing on tidy clean rock shelves covered in purple coralline algae." (Eric Borneman)