codesman
TCMAS Member
So a little backstory then a question.
I have a 55 gallon tank that I recently put corals in after our expo and they are doing great. They were mad for a day or two, then nothing but progress. In addition to the coral I ended up with over a gallon of copepods from Dinkins. I was able to notice the copepod population for a week or so but now I never see pods anymore even with the flashlight at night.. I checked my mesh filter socks after 2 weeks and there were a lot of pods in them. I have since pulled the socks to hopefully stop intercepting the pod larva in the water column. In the interim since I did that my nutrients are steadily climbing and although my coral are REALLY enjoying the nutrient denser water I want a way to filter out fish pellets and other large debris while leaving finer particles and copepod larva to pass through.
I am currently looking at making my own chaeto reactor to manage nutrients but I don't have a solid plan for chunks of food/algae that go down the overflow without filtering the pods as well.
Anyone have experience with or the solution to this?
I have a 55 gallon tank that I recently put corals in after our expo and they are doing great. They were mad for a day or two, then nothing but progress. In addition to the coral I ended up with over a gallon of copepods from Dinkins. I was able to notice the copepod population for a week or so but now I never see pods anymore even with the flashlight at night.. I checked my mesh filter socks after 2 weeks and there were a lot of pods in them. I have since pulled the socks to hopefully stop intercepting the pod larva in the water column. In the interim since I did that my nutrients are steadily climbing and although my coral are REALLY enjoying the nutrient denser water I want a way to filter out fish pellets and other large debris while leaving finer particles and copepod larva to pass through.
I am currently looking at making my own chaeto reactor to manage nutrients but I don't have a solid plan for chunks of food/algae that go down the overflow without filtering the pods as well.
Anyone have experience with or the solution to this?