Where do you buy your pods?

[tripstank]

Where is everyone buying their live pods from? Or does someone locally have a culture they would be willing to skim off of? Any information on getting some pods for my refugium would be great.

 

[1QuickSubaru]

i got mine from H20... i forgot how much it was but it was reasonable...

 

[tripstank]

H2O?

i got mine from H20... i forgot how much it was but it was reasonable...

 

[scumonkey]

http://oceanpods.com/
http://www.reefnutrition.com/tiggerpods/index.htm
http://www.brineshrimpdirect.com/
http://www.reed-mariculture.com/rotifer/
http://www.ipsf.com/podbreedingkit.html

 

[tripstank]

I guess I should have made the question more specific. Where is everyone buying their pods from locally?

 

[scumonkey]

Ronen :scratchch

 

[Wes]

Absolutely Fish sells the Reef Nutrition Pods

 

[tripstank]

I noticed they did, but those are tiggers, will mandarins eat tiggers?

 

[Dmitry]

New World sells them, but kind of expensive. Someone mentioned H2O, which is a store in Queens.

 

[Zuska]

wow h2n is the best store ever located on queens blvd!!! Really good choice of everything there.

 

[cybermeez]

I noticed they did, but those are tiggers, will mandarins eat tiggers?

In my experience, not always. Each Mandarin is different, a small percentage will even eat mysis shrimp, though that's pretty rare. The pods my Manderin likes are the ones that scurry around on the glass and rocks where film algae grows (Harpacaticoid copepods) and the ones that primarily live in my refugium and swim in swarms (Calanoid copepods).

All the pods in my tank came in the natural way, as hitchhikers. The key to having lots of pods is to provide them an environment where they can live and reporoduce in safety with no preadators (i.e. a Mandarin) around. That's where a refugium comes in.

I "seeded" my fuge by taking some sand and a small chunk of rock out of my main tank. I then added some Cheeto for them to hide in, fed them some Phyto Feast every few days, and before I knew it I and tons of the little critters.

 

[emps]

Where's h2o located in queens? Might be in Queens on Sunday. Need to pick up some DT's.

 

[JHOV2324]

Its by Grand St. and Queens Blvd.....its across the street from a Wendy's...:biggrin:

I wonder if Coral Factory has any pods.....:scratch:

 

[Slamajamajama]

trips the best thing to do is NOT TO BUY...many reefers have pods in thr filter socks and fuges to get u going or to restock. The benifit is u get many diff species from various sources...

better ques i think is how many reefers can donate some pods ...

 

[LeslieS]

trip, you can have some of my cheato. it will have pods in it....I'm in manhattan.

 

[tripstank]

I have a refugium with chaeto in it, I just wanted to add a huge stock other than the hitchhikers I already have.

 

[figgy]

never mind saw the location

 

[cybermeez]

I have a refugium with chaeto in it, I just wanted to add a huge stock other than the hitchhikers I already have.

Ahh, I see. I'd take one of the guys up on their "free pods" offer then. Your Mandarin will love you for it. :eat:

 

[tripstank]

I went to H2O last weekend and they do in fact carry live cultures of pods. 10 for 2.50. Pretty pricey, but just for the heck of it I took a few. I have seen moltings floating around in the fuge, so I would imagine they are AOK. At H20 they also have live cultures of phyto and rotifers. I believe both of those are sold my the ounce. Not a insanely huge assortment or high quality stock, but worth stopping in if you are in that area.

 

[1QuickSubaru]

they also have live brine shrimp