Reef Discussion

[curly747]

My six line wrasse jumped out of the tank the other day and landed on the computer desk. Unfortunately, my son, who is on youtube almost 24 hours a day did not notice him there. The wrasse looked almost as beautiful in death as he did in life so i must have found him within a day of the well placed jump. I say well placed because there are almost no gaps in the tank cover except for pump return. I didn't take a picture because i think that would have been a little bit morbid. I am very curious to see if pods now return to the tank. I had a lot of pods pre wrasse and pre a couple of other fish but have always suspected the wrasse did the clean out job on them based on what i read on reefuge and on the net.

 

[MagicJ]

Depending on how good it was at hunting the pods, you may have none left in the tank. Some would suggest that a six line is not a good choice for a reef tank because they will decimate the micro fauna.

Maybe you can grab some macro algae off someone who has pods to reintroduce some to your tank.

 

[curly747]

Maybe you can grab some macro algae off someone who has pods to reintroduce some to your tank.

Is macro algae the best way to get some? I was thinking of getting a bit of live rock didn't really know how to get pods back in the tank.

 

[MagicJ]

Some rock could also work.

With macro, you can just shake it under the water to get most of the pods into your tank, including any small ones.