Dirt produce by LR - Page 3

13-09-2005, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Ekia

Pour lots of phytoplankton into yr tank

Well that's wat I'm doing already, maybe she eats them faster then the PODS can reproduce themselves, so I cannot see around, maybe must borrow Sherlock Holmes glasses. I also put in a few strain of caulerpa to further stimmulate the growth. Thanks buddy for ur tip. Anyway is there a different between Zoo Plankton / Phyto Plankton ??

**KaLiB** · 14-09-2005, 12:15 AM

There's a difference between zooplankton and phytoplankton.

Correct me if i'm wrong. Phytoplankton in general is algae and zooplankton in general is meat based like shrimp larvaes.

If you want to see pods, you got to find them at night in the dark, so far i have observed them appearing during the hours when the tank is dark(surrounding dark too).

14-09-2005, 09:46 AM

Sorry what is PODS?
Are they useful, or just food for fish.

14-09-2005, 10:25 AM

try placing LR in a area of your sump so pods will have a chance to grow without distrubance from the mandrian.....alternatively, allocate an hidden corner in your main tank and place rubbles there....seal off the area with a mesh of egg crates to prevent your other fishes from going in....this will be your in tank refug to let the pods grow without being hunted down.....

**KaLiB** · 14-09-2005, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by whoami

Sorry what is PODS?
Are they useful, or just food for fish.

Pods are useful(except for some species of harmful isopods) in general, helping to consume dead matter or be live food for fishes like mandarin fish.

Pods are a type of microorganism living on LR. Isopods, amphipods and copepods are just general classifications of pods. We just lump them all together and call them pods.

Examples of some pods:
Amphipod:
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/salt_...cs/j20431.jpeg
Isopod:
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/3isopods1-TO.jpg
Copepod:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/...ll/copepod.jpg

15-09-2005, 09:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaLiB

Pods are useful(except for some species of harmful isopods) in general, helping to consume dead matter or be live food for fishes like mandarin fish.

Pods are a type of microorganism living on LR. Isopods, amphipods and copepods are just general classifications of pods. We just lump them all together and call them pods.

Examples of some pods:
Amphipod:
http://badmanstropicalfish.com/salt_...cs/j20431.jpeg
Isopod:
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/3isopods1-TO.jpg
Copepod:
http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/...ll/copepod.jpg

ya , put some LR in the sump help. My pod level is so high and it start growing at the area wheere the mandarin can not reach, e.g overflow area ..

Guppies Onli · 04-10-2005, 06:02 PM

Regarding the detritus that you guys mentioned; so can I said that those skimmate that have the dark 'mud' are actually detritus that it has skimmed off into the collection cup?

So if the current so not strong enough to blow off those detritus from the LR, the skimmate will not have these dark 'mud'? Thanks.

04-10-2005, 06:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guppies Onli

Regarding the detritus that you guys mentioned; so can I said that those skimmate that have the dark 'mud' are actually detritus that it has skimmed off into the collection cup?

So if the current so not strong enough to blow off those detritus from the LR, the skimmate will not have these dark 'mud'? Thanks.

nope, the dark mud in the collection cup is not detritus...those are dissolved organic compounds in the water which are removed by the skimmer...detritus from the LR can decompose to release these dissolved organic compounds which can be skimmed out

Guppies Onli · 04-10-2005, 09:13 PM

Thanks. So is it right that the mud is actually the dissolved organic compounds which come from the decomposed detritus? If there is no detritus to decompose, then the skimmate will not be muddy?

Quote:

Originally Posted by decentkid

nope, the dark mud in the collection cup is not detritus...those are dissolved organic compounds in the water which are removed by the skimmer...detritus from the LR can decompose to release these dissolved organic compounds which can be skimmed out

04-10-2005, 09:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Guppies Onli

Thanks. So is it right that the mud is actually the dissolved organic compounds which come from the decomposed detritus? If there is no detritus to decompose, then the skimmate will not be muddy?

there will still be D.O.C from fish waste and uneaten food

14-09-2005, 12:15 AM	#22
KaLiB Moderator Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 3,635	There's a difference between zooplankton and phytoplankton. Correct me if i'm wrong. Phytoplankton in general is algae and zooplankton in general is meat based like shrimp larvaes. If you want to see pods, you got to find them at night in the dark, so far i have observed them appearing during the hours when the tank is dark(surrounding dark too). __________________ A fishtank is just like your computer. When your tank crash(OS crash), its time to cleanup(reformat hard drive) and setup(install OS) again and add new livestock(re-install software).

14-09-2005, 09:46 AM	#23
whoami Guest Posts: n/a	Sorry what is PODS? Are they useful, or just food for fish.

14-09-2005, 10:25 AM	#24
tineng Guest Posts: n/a	try placing LR in a area of your sump so pods will have a chance to grow without distrubance from the mandrian.....alternatively, allocate an hidden corner in your main tank and place rubbles there....seal off the area with a mesh of egg crates to prevent your other fishes from going in....this will be your in tank refug to let the pods grow without being hunted down.....

04-10-2005, 06:02 PM	#27
Guppies Onli Dragon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,457	Regarding the detritus that you guys mentioned; so can I said that those skimmate that have the dark 'mud' are actually detritus that it has skimmed off into the collection cup? So if the current so not strong enough to blow off those detritus from the LR, the skimmate will not have these dark 'mud'? Thanks.

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