pods in most unlikely places

[shoelevy]

today i was maintaining my tank and was looking at the resun Fr-1000 with rowaphos

i was surprised to find pods inside swimming and running around on the surface of the rowa...they were of diff sizes, from the smallest visible to the eye to the biggest (bout 3mm)

actually, i have a refugium with lots of copepods but for them to get into the fr, only 2 waes

1) get out from the refugium, get pumped into the main tank, escape lots of hungry fishes, swim to entrance of IOS, pass through 3 layers of wool, go into 2nd compartment of sump, enter the pump with its own layer of filter, pass through antoher 2 layers of filter in the Fr, pass through 5cm worth of rowa then finally settle inside

or

2) get out from the refugium and swim up the exit pipe of the fr in the opposite direction to the water flow

either way, its pretty amazing to me

has anyone else ever encountered such wierd occurances of pods?

[williammuk]

Heheh ... I've got pods in my Rowaphos FR too. Quite fun to watch them scurry around. Once in every couple of weeks, I would increase the flow through the FR and blow them all over the place.

By the way, I also have tiny tube worms growing in the FR too.

[RAV-65]

Heheh ... I've got pods in my Rowaphos FR too. Quite fun to watch them scurry around. Once in every couple of weeks, I would increase the flow through the FR and blow them all over the place.

By the way, I also have tiny tube worms growing in the FR too.

I got a funny red patch development inside my FR... but it's covered by the rowas, so cant tell wat it is until I clear my FR out...