mickeysreef <*))))<
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want to pick up a pod hotel. seems pretty straightforward but any suggestions?
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pod hotel
- Thread starter mickeysreef <*))))<
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I always liked organ pipe coral. It is colorful, acts as live rock, and has an interesting coral tubular construction. It is also hard to find and may be expensive.
erics210
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This stuff???
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Salted
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Same here. Happy I made one out of the corrugated sign board rather then spend $30. I've taken it out and looked in it out of curiosity and don't see anything. Rock and chaeto in my fuge are probably fine.
jd120988
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Luckily it was a gift from the wife lol didn't come out of my pocket. I can see mini starfish in mine and amphipods. I do appreciate the idea of it but I find i have plenty of pods in my display to support my mandarin and I never have to use the pod hotel to shake pods into the display to keep it seeded.
jd120988
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No my wife bought me one. I think in a smaller tank it would be very beneficial to keep the pod population up in the display
Salted
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I feel the same, my mandarin seems fat, healthy and happy. I've never even bothering trying to shake out my home made hotel as I've never seen anything in it. I'd think you'd see something, right?
Idea; instead of a pod hotel how about just two rocks of similar size so that they could easily be swapped between the tank and fuge? Same idea and at least live rock adds more to the tank than a plastic hotel. Win win yes?
Honestly...just leave them in your DT. The whole point of the hotel is a safe place for them to live and breed protected from predation. having that as part of your DT...just as good. You probably already have them in your DT. Everytime I move a coral or a rock, I see them scattering about.
jd120988
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I'm in the minority who has a mandarin that eats frozen so I'm definitely less concerned about the pod population. I know he enjoys the pods and I see him eating all day but he comes right up to the top rocks everytime I feed frozen food and i squirt a little food towards him and watch him go after it. I didn't believe the Biota eat frozen but mine definitely does.
I’m in the same boat you are. Both my mandarin and red scooter eat anything and everything. I cut up clams and dropped in tank yesterday and my red scooter grabbed a piece and was trying to tear it up like a shark. I thought it was so funny I took a video
jd120988
NJRC Member
We got lucky then lol
I don't know what they are officially called, but I call them Show Scrunchies....you get like five of them for a couple bucks.
Yes. This coral rock needs to be kept in the shade or coraline algae will cover it and it will lose the red look (but then it is also not as colorful in the shade or in the water).
The first picture is a piece in a new tank. The second in an established tank at the bottom right, Note that I liked to layer corals in levels for fish to swim. Note that pods can live and hide in the tubes or between them. I found they add more interest to a new tank and blend more into the background as it is established.
