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    Posted: March 25 2006 at 10:56am
what do pods feed on. do they eat rotifiers or just phyto.
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Pods will eat phyto and waste from your tank. This is what we use them for in our sumps. Think of them as janitors.  I have rotifiers that I use to feed my tank also. I maintain seperate cultures and they are fed phyto. Once they engorge themselves with phyto your corals and fish will consume them. At the next meeting I will be selling rotifer cultures in pint bottles. I will post them  before the next meeting for those who want to start growing them.  
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There are two types of "pods" normally referred to in the hobby; amphipods and copepods. They are notably different and their food is different. Which type are you interested in and why?
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Mark,

I'm interested in hearing how they differ as well as how you get them growing.  I want to have a Manderain or  two. 

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i have both. just trying to get enough for a freind who has a mandarin i have a 5 gal bucket wiith the water i pour off when filtering rots and i noticed the other day it is full of the straight pod which ever that is
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Check this thread to learn the difference between pods. http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=11253
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