treesprite January 28, 2009 Share January 28, 2009 Is it really necessary to put food in the refugium to feed a damsel, or will it be able to eat pods and stuff? I don't have really any bits of food going in there from the tank because I use filter bags to trap it from getting past the outflow pipes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve G January 28, 2009 Share January 28, 2009 Is it really necessary to put food in the refugium to feed a damsel, or will it be able to eat pods and stuff? I don't have really any bits of food going in there from the tank because I use filter bags to trap it from getting past the outflow pipes. I hear a lot about people keeping fish in the fuge, but that seems to defeat the purpose, which is to offer microfauna a refuge from fish and other predators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carter January 28, 2009 Share January 28, 2009 if you have to keep him in there, i would say put some flakes on the surface every couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Lazar January 28, 2009 Share January 28, 2009 Unless you have a huge fuge, the damsel will probably eat any pods much faster than they can reproduce. You need to feed him if you want to keep him there long term, but you should consider moving him out of the fuge altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zygote2k January 28, 2009 Share January 28, 2009 since you have a 'fuge, I'd remove the filter bags to allow the macros to use those nutrients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 29, 2009 Author Share January 29, 2009 Maybe I will put him in the 10g wannabe frag tank that is between teh sump and refugium, if I'm going to have to add extra food to the tank may as well. I believe there are, unfortunately, way more than enough nutrients in my water to feed the macros without having to have bits of food going into the refugium to rot. The fish is in QT right now. I had one of these for many years prior to it carpet surfing, and given that I have really missed that fish, when I saw some in the store I could not resist getting one. The last one I had of this type was a killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lhcorals January 29, 2009 Share January 29, 2009 Unless you have a huge fuge, the damsel will probably eat any pods much faster than they can reproduce. You need to feed him if you want to keep him there long term, but you should consider moving him out of the fuge altogether. I agree with Jon. It defeats the purpose of the fuge and would get him out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treesprite January 29, 2009 Author Share January 29, 2009 I agree with Jon. It defeats the purpose of the fuge and would get him out of it. He's actually still in the quarantine tank, got a couple weeks to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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