Pod Pile

[The_Codfather]

Anyone here have ever set one up or has one now?.. I kinda like the idea as i don't have a sump or refugium.. and how do you go about setting it up and stocking it?

Thanks

Sid

 

[Audi0s]

From what Ive heard its just a dense little stack of rubble, with small crevices that fish or predators cant get into. The pile will naturally accumulate pods over a few months or so.

 

[The_Codfather]

I was doing some reading about it but nothing in detail like water flow, light's.. ect

 

[Olivier]

Anyone here have ever set one up or has one now?.. I kinda like the idea as i don't have a sump or refugium.. and how do you go about setting it up and stocking it?

Thanks

Sid

I actually did this when I got my 75 gallon tank. you need to find a place in the back of the tank and use rubble rock stackup or glue to each other outside then place it in your tank in such away that your fish can not get in there and eat them. it work for me in 75 gallon tank. Can you copy what Rod did for his tank in term of setup a micro refugium? hang on the back of your tank

 

[Olivier]

Anyone here have ever set one up or has one now?.. I kinda like the idea as i don't have a sump or refugium.. and how do you go about setting it up and stocking it?

Thanks

Sid

 

[The_Codfather]

I saw what Rod did with the AQ 110

I also have the same filter but with just a sponge and some ceramic media But don't have the room to add a 2nd one

I actually did this when I got my 75 gallon tank. you need to find a place in the back of the tank and use rubble rock stackup or glue to each other outside then place it in your tank in such away that your fish can not get in there and eat them. it work for me in 75 gallon tank. Can you copy what Rod did for his tank in term of setup a micro refugium? hang on the back of your tank

 

[twisted]

the pod piles work really well. i have one in the back corner of my tank from before i added a fuge. i do recommend glueing the rubble together for sure. the first 2 piles i tried ended up getting torn apart by my fish.

 

[The_Codfather]

Thanks twisted.. I just got a bunch of rubble and doing it tonight

 

[ds4x4]

great idea. i got plenty of little junk pieces to do this with..

 

[The_Codfather]

Hey Brandon Just make sure fish can't get to them and place bits of food in the pile now and then

 

[ds4x4]

ha, i feed heavy so shouldnt have a problem with food getting in there.

 

[Paul B]

I collect amphipods in 5 gallon buckets like this. How is that for a pile?

 

[The_Codfather]

Hey Paul what about Copepods?

 

[Paul B]

My amphipods keep copepods as pets but you can order them by truck

 

[twisted]

My amphipods keep copepods as pets but you can order them by truck

Paul, i needed that. that ws the perfect thing i needed to see after a day like today. i needed something to just get me chuckling, thankyou

 

[The_Codfather]

Me too.. Had a really horrible day :'(

 

[reeferwanabe]

I noticed last year as I was raking calico crabs I moved some rocks around and they were loaded with pods.

 

[twisted]

Me too.. Had a really horrible day :'(

sorry to hear that. hope today's end finds a smile on your face

 

[The_Codfather]

Didn't start to good..Dream/Nightmare about "Aiptasia" just woke me up.. That's the second one this week .. and now today might be my last day for this small job im working on and I might owe money from a damaged table that I don't think I even did :'(