I'm trying to set up tank (110 gallons) and one of the fish I'm looking into is a mandarin dragonettes, but the copepod diet. Can i still have pods and mandarin with an uv sterilizer?
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YesI'm trying to set up tank (110 gallons) and one of the fish I'm looking into is a mandarin dragonettes, but the copepod diet. Can i still have pods and mandarin with an uv sterilizer?
The simple answer is yes. A uv even if properly sized for the aquarium and set to optimal flow rate for sterilization of things like ick will not effect higher life forms like pods on a simple pass through. The pods would have to be living in the uv unit for it to affect them.
So once nitrates, add pods than wait a little before adding fish?seed it and let it mature a bit to let them reproduce and have a healthy pop for the mandarin. Good luck
assuming the pods have adequate food and living conditions then yes.So once nitrates, add pods than wait a little before adding fish?
Whats adequate food? A lot of "ugly things" or phyto, or both?assuming the pods have adequate food and living conditions then yes.
algae, fish food, phyto. In a controlled environment phyto is enough in a reef tank I think that is hopeful at best.Whats adequate food? A lot of "ugly things" or phyto, or both?
I would just wait 6 months before adding a mandarin. At that point you won't need to add anything.Whats adequate food? A lot of "ugly things" or phyto, or both?
Thanks@vcnt
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You ask the right questions and I encourage you to keep it up!
With this approach, you will enjoy great success in the hobby.
How do I know when more pods must be added?I would just wait 6 months before adding a mandarin. At that point you won't need to add anything.
In a system that large you don't ever need to.How do I know when more pods must be added?
Would it be better to get a mixed jar, such as galaxy pods, or buy 4-5 jars of species-specific from algae barn, I forgot to add, that I don't have a refugium as my sump doesn't have a section for it. I could use return as a refuge and drill the acrylic for an external pump but i'd rather notIn a system that large you don't ever need to.