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You are here: Home / Copepods / Are There Copepods in Your Reef?
Pods in Reef Tank

Are There Copepods in Your Reef?

by Sean Tadjeran

Are There Pods in Your Reef?

Copepod Culture
Considering that they are an integral component of pretty much all natural marine ecosystems, it is likely that a large, stable population of copepods could benefit any reef aquarium. The surest means of establishing a lasting supply of copepods in your reef is to seed the aquarium system with a healthy, mixed-species starter culture.

But the benefits of adding pods does not end there. It is of clear benefit to boost an established population from time to time with supplementary cultures. Each addition of a quality mixed-species and mixed-life stage product such as 5280 Pods will provide a surge of food energy to varied filter-feeding invertebrates (e.g. corals) and microcrustacean-eating fishes (e.g. mandarin fish and seahorses). Even more importantly, the few individual new pods that escape predation will contribute both biomass and genetic diversity to the established population.

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How to Start a Population of Copepods in Your Reef Tank

Given the normally short lifespan of a copepod, a few dead individuals in each bag is to be expected and is totally acceptable. There should be some evidence of movement by adults in the bag. Holding the bag up to a bright light source will aid the eye in locating these tiny animals as well as glimpsing their movement. Noting just a few healthy adults will be good assurance that the culture is strong. This is particularly so with products such as Poseidon’s Feast, which include individual copepods of all life stages. They not only include the larger adults (which you might be able to see) but also smaller individuals from the younger life stages (which you almost certainly cannot see). These mixed-life stage products will help to promote the rapid establishment of large, stable and long-lasting pod populations.

So, you have just released the fresh, new pod culture into your reef. Now is the time to take a deep breath of relief. Give these little creatures some time to adjust to their new home. A few are sure to picked off by some aquarium animal just after introduction to the tank. But just as certain, there will be a few that settle onto the aquarium rock or substrate and hide out. There, they might spend the rest of their days (and maybe nights too) feeding on detritus and hiding from would-be predators. They will likely breed, though the miniscule young copepods in your reef will remain undetected by your naked eye as they drift through the open waters. It takes 4-6 weeks for the pioneer pods to generate progeny that grow up to the point when they can be seen with the unaided eye. It might take a couple of months or longer before the growing population becomes dense enough to spill out into openly lit bottoms of the tank in search of new food sources.

So, what should an established copepod population should look like in your tank? The best place to start is by looking for evidence of their benefits. Corals should be healthy and expanding their feeding tentacles out at night. A wide range of small fishes from flame wrasses to scooter blennies will be plump and seemingly always on the prowl for the next bite. Nuisance benthic microalgae will be under tight control. There will be a significant reduction in the accumulation of detritus. Live rock and live sand will have an overall cleaner appearance. But where will you see the pods?

It is not always easy to quickly spot pods in your reef. Even the adults are miniscule. And the adults tend to be more active at night and under the cover of darkness. This is for good reason; copepods are a preferred food source for a good many fishes and invertebrates. Those few individuals that might wander out during the day (that is, while they are much more easily seen) are far more likely to be quickly snatched up by a hungry zooplanktivorous fish. To be sure, a pod on the glass is basically asking to be eaten.

eFinding pods in your reef will take a little bit of eye scrunching and extra lighting. The best time to look, of course, will be at night. Using a flashlight, cast a beam through the open water column. Then scan the area just at the sand surface line along the tank panel. Take time to allow your eyes to train in on the finer details of the illuminated area. You might see some beige to reddish little dots that scoot about. They will resemble what you saw in the bag when receiving your concentrated starter culture.

Those home aquarists who have a microscope have a distinct advantage in that they can find copepods of all life stages. They may even distinguish one species from another. The best time to collect your reef pods for observation on a slide is to set aside a small sample of water drawn from the detritus while performing routine tank cleaning. The microscope might also be a great tool for evaluating the vitality of newly received shipments of booster cultures.

Copepod Starter Cultures: A Growing Investment

A mature reef aquarium surely has thousands upon thousands of copepods! The rate at which a starter culture can build a reproductive population in a reef tank depends upon a lot of things. First, one must consider the effect of predation on the starter culture just after introduction to the system. To minimize these effects, add the culture in the dark and (if present) to the refugium. From there, growth will depend greatly upon the amount and quality of food sources.

Do you want your resident population of copepods in your reef to really thrive? Feed them. Undoubtedly, they will make good use of the detritus and microalgal growths in the tank. But the vast majority of copepod species live through a planktonic life stage and rely upon phytoplankton as a primary food source. Supplementing their diet with a quality live phytoplankton can greatly increase their productivity. For this purpose, a live multispecies blend with a balanced nutritional profile (such as OceanMagik) is ideal. Many essential vitamins and fatty acids are synthesized by these planktonic algae, and are transferred down the food chain from the phyto to the pods to animals that consume the pods.

It is actually pretty easy to add copepods to your reef. Just acquire a quality live copepod product, add it to your system in the best spot at the best time and… wait a while. If you have any detritus or film algae, and there are places for the new pods to hide, you will almost certainly establish a solid population of pods over the next couple of months. Particularly with regular boosts, this population will continue to clean the aquascape, provide a nutritious food source for many creatures and last as long as you keep your tank running.

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Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. steve4 says

    February 7, 2019 at 7:17 pm

    If you get the copepods and the phytoplankton, should you combine them separately for a while before adding to the aquarium, to give the copepods time to eat?

    If you want to look at them under a microscope, will sucking up some water into a pipette pick them up, or are they too big to fit in?

    How do copepods do in brackish water (15 ppm salt)?

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  2. polygonreef says

    July 3, 2019 at 2:52 pm

    Love these guys!

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  3. Michael says

    July 3, 2019 at 3:37 pm

    Well worth the effort to establish a population, especially in a mixed reef.

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  4. Compy Ginorio says

    July 3, 2019 at 4:42 pm

    Since the beginning of the setting I seed pods, I still see some at the refugium. And once I don’t see them I add more to the display and the refugium. They are great scavengers and my corals and fishes love them. It’s part of my biodiversity.

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  5. Jeremy says

    July 3, 2019 at 5:44 pm

    Pods

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  6. Jose says

    July 3, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    Thanks for the info

    Reply
  7. robert vice says

    July 3, 2019 at 8:28 pm

    there better be about 2 bags of 5280s

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  8. Taylor hahn says

    July 3, 2019 at 9:13 pm

    Wow very cool!

    Reply
  9. Cole Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:54 pm

    I feel like the 2 times I have added pods, they all just disappear lol I haven’t seen any but there has to be some in there somewhere

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  10. Cole Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:55 pm

    I hope the pods I dosed like a year ago are still in there doing their thing

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  11. Cole Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 10:58 pm

    I need to re pod my reef and start regularly dosing phyto

    Reply
  12. Cole B Presley says

    July 3, 2019 at 11:00 pm

    I LOVE PODS – testing comment to see if it will work this time lol – love you algaebarn

    Reply
  13. Jose Pacheco says

    July 4, 2019 at 5:26 am

    Wow nice info, thanks algae barn!!

    Reply
  14. sally says

    July 4, 2019 at 6:01 am

    Oh man! This is great! I can see an army of little ant-like creatures swarming in the dark! Ocean Majik is the greatest too!

    !

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  15. John key says

    July 4, 2019 at 8:06 am

    This will be my next step for my tank. I need to get a good pod population going. Thanks Algae Barn!

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  16. Steven Lombardi says

    July 4, 2019 at 8:27 am

    I hardly see pods out in my tank. I am pretty sure I have a healthy population the big ones are just picked off by my fish.

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  17. artaa1988 says

    July 4, 2019 at 10:08 am

    love seeing them on my glass

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  18. Robert says

    July 4, 2019 at 3:15 pm

    Can I send you a media brick have you cut it open so I can see the bactira and pod life I have in refugium I do not have a microscope but so bad want to see

    Reply
  19. Martin Oldham says

    July 4, 2019 at 4:02 pm

    awesome

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  20. RICHARD W SMITH JR says

    July 4, 2019 at 4:15 pm

    I’m working on it 😉

    Reply
  21. Gabriel L Nguyen says

    July 4, 2019 at 9:24 pm

    2057 Miller Road

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  22. CHRISTOPHER SHELTON THOMAS says

    July 4, 2019 at 9:38 pm

    923 HIGHLAND DRIVE

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  23. Tiki says

    July 4, 2019 at 11:07 pm

    So much useful information. Thanks!

    Reply
  24. Ryan mcmillon says

    July 4, 2019 at 11:32 pm

    I noticed a big difference since we dose the green stuff everyday

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    • Karen Johnston Nation says

      May 27, 2020 at 2:05 pm

      does dosing this cause higher nitrates and phosphates? i know that happened once I got corals and started feeding reef roids and occasionally mysis shrimp! do you think they could stay alive on reefroids which is zooplankton? I dont have a skimmer so some of it stays in my tank! Small 10 gallon’ I have a yellow clown goby that wont eat and I have noticed i am getting pods just from tank maturing but probably not enough to keep him norised. I dont want to spoil him though, prefer no pods and him eatting pllets like the 2 clowns do but i defiently want pods in my bigger system that has a sump and is almost cycled!

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    • Karen Johnston Nation says

      May 27, 2020 at 2:06 pm

      does dosing this cause higher nitrates and phosphates? i know that happened once I got corals and started feeding reef roids and occasionally mysis shrimp! do you think they could stay alive on reefroids which is zooplankton? I dont have a skimmer so some of it stays in my tank! Small 10 gallon’ I have a yellow clown goby that wont eat and I have noticed i am getting pods just from tank maturing but probably not enough to keep him norised. I dont want to spoil him though, prefer no pods and him eatting pllets like the 2 clowns do but i defiently want pods in my bigger system that has a sump and is almost cycled!

      Reply
  25. giddetm says

    July 5, 2019 at 4:48 am

    nice

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  26. Ellen S Imbrie says

    July 5, 2019 at 5:54 am

    I swear I have none

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  27. ScottPletcher says

    July 5, 2019 at 12:46 pm

    Can pods be added during the first days of a new tank?

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  28. snowseifert says

    July 5, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    nice

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  29. snowseifert says

    July 5, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    nice

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  30. Evan says

    July 5, 2019 at 8:08 pm

    Wow

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  31. Matt Moline says

    July 5, 2019 at 8:31 pm

    Once a month i add pods

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  32. david says

    July 6, 2019 at 6:54 am

    I just added some of your pods. Looking forward to my reef benefiting from them.

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  33. david says

    July 6, 2019 at 7:01 am

    Looking forward to the benefits my reef will get.

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  34. angelyrojas23 says

    July 6, 2019 at 9:56 am

    Some of my pods don’t even hide on daylight and my fish hunt them down from my glass .

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  35. Drew says

    July 7, 2019 at 10:11 am

    Awesome!

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  36. Jeff B says

    July 7, 2019 at 2:05 pm

    I’ve been noticing fewer and fewer, need to order some more to seed my tank again.

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  37. Jered Hedrick says

    July 8, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    Big pod order coming. Wednesday! Can’t wait.

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  38. Yakov Elizarov says

    July 8, 2019 at 3:40 pm

    I was able to seed my aquarium and maintain with your product

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  39. Tyler.gore.90 says

    July 8, 2019 at 6:34 pm

    I wish I had more of the knowledge that is in these articles when I started out in the hobby.

    Reply
  40. motor795 says

    July 8, 2019 at 8:43 pm

    Just waiting nice info

    Reply
  41. Adam says

    July 8, 2019 at 8:54 pm

    Never really noticed a strong population outside of my refugium until I up-sized my tank. Kinda took me by surprise when I noticed my DT walls crawling with them.

    Reply
  42. sdemarco62 says

    July 9, 2019 at 6:51 am

    Recently seeded my tank and will do so for the next three months. Hopefully that will give me a great starting off point.

    Reply
  43. Cole Goracke says

    July 9, 2019 at 8:01 am

    2565 Hobblebrush Drive

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  44. ReeferReefer says

    July 9, 2019 at 10:08 am

    Not sure if I need to reseed. Seems like my population is doing great. I think that adding phyto would help a lot though.

    Reply
  45. Finn says

    July 9, 2019 at 11:04 am

    There are pods in my reef

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  46. Justin says

    July 9, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Need to get some pods added!

    Reply
  47. David Hillen says

    July 9, 2019 at 3:52 pm

    I place the 5280 pods in my sump every other month

    Reply
  48. Chas Johnson says

    July 9, 2019 at 6:02 pm

    I want a prize

    Reply
  49. WILLIAM WAHL says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    Pods are amazing! I like to have a variety in every tank I own!

    Reply
  50. WILLIAM WAHL says

    July 9, 2019 at 7:08 pm

    Pods are amazing! I like to have a variety in every tank I own!

    Reply
  51. chris.singelman says

    July 9, 2019 at 9:55 pm

    Great article. I learned a lot ??

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  52. zadok jollie says

    July 10, 2019 at 8:30 pm

    Thanks for the tips. These blogs are a wealth of information.

    Reply
  53. Brandon Romani says

    July 11, 2019 at 11:35 am

    Cant wait to get some pods to seed my tank!

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  54. Shawn Benton says

    July 11, 2019 at 7:31 pm

    I think I have some. They are very small right now.

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  55. Shawn Benton says

    July 11, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    Great to know. I think I have some. They are very small right now.

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  56. Shawn Benton says

    July 11, 2019 at 7:33 pm

    I believe I do have pods in my tank

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  57. Sean Simkins says

    July 13, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    Wouldn’t it be great if the numbers were trackable lol

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  58. Steven Semeniuk says

    July 15, 2019 at 8:20 am

    Thanks for all the great info!!!

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  59. Doug putt says

    July 15, 2019 at 8:37 am

    nice stuff

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  60. David says

    July 15, 2019 at 3:12 pm

    I have some in my tank that came in on rocks. They took a few months to populate, but I seem to have a lot now. I do wonder if adding one of your mixes would still be a good idea since I don’t know what kinds I have.

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  61. Michael Wahl says

    July 16, 2019 at 12:45 am

    I have tons of pods, all types!

    Reply
  62. danieoue says

    July 17, 2019 at 7:34 am

    useful information. Thanks!

    Reply
  63. Scott Chase says

    July 18, 2019 at 9:06 am

    I never see mine during the day but late at night they are everywhere

    Reply
  64. JW says

    July 18, 2019 at 11:38 am

    I can’t wait to try this

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  65. eric m sear says

    July 22, 2019 at 5:57 pm

    i have crabs

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  66. Darell says

    July 22, 2019 at 9:15 pm

    I probabky should reseed some pods. Its been a while since i noticed and scurrying about.

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  67. james says

    July 23, 2019 at 2:11 am

    Mine is very busy with all sorts of things swimming around don’t know if it would help or hurt my tank

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  68. Becky says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:12 am

    True cuc members.

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  69. Becky says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:12 am

    True cuc members.

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  70. Allen says

    July 23, 2019 at 9:27 am

    I see pods everywhere

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  71. Tara Fuller says

    July 23, 2019 at 6:22 pm

    Was not sure what pods real until recently!

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  72. Tara Fuller says

    July 23, 2019 at 6:23 pm

    Was not sure what pods were until recently. I guess they are good.

    Reply
  73. Tara Fuller says

    July 23, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    Wasn’t sure what they were at first when I seen them in my tank!

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  74. Joanne says

    July 24, 2019 at 11:16 am

    There has to be some pods hiding somewhere lol

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  75. allison Dale lisney says

    July 24, 2019 at 12:04 pm

    I need to seed my tank!

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  76. mamucher says

    July 24, 2019 at 6:11 pm

    Great information

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  77. Carey says

    July 26, 2019 at 4:33 pm

    Cool

    Reply
  78. Ak Reefer says

    July 29, 2019 at 7:40 am

    There are definitely pods in my reef

    Reply
  79. Kelly Tompkins says

    July 29, 2019 at 10:23 am

    I have all types of pods, I have pods that eat pods. This article helped me to really understand them at a deeper level!

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  80. Joshua Andersen says

    July 29, 2019 at 10:32 pm

    I like! Good info

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  81. Stacey says

    July 30, 2019 at 10:36 am

    I dropped 2 jars of posd in my fuge months ago and have a booming population. It’s awesome. I actually got into reefkeeping because of pods, I was raising them for betta fry and just decided to add more to the pod tank. Now I’ve got multiple tanks and fuges going. Pods are my gateway critter ?

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  82. Brett says

    July 30, 2019 at 12:07 pm

    I used to have so many copepods they were all over my glass, now I only see my isopods. I might have to dose more

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  83. CANDICE FONG says

    July 30, 2019 at 12:21 pm

    I always forget to feed the pods! thanks for the reminder!

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  84. Matthew Lucero says

    July 30, 2019 at 8:18 pm

    the biodiversity is amazing

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  85. Tim J says

    July 31, 2019 at 9:30 am

    Live phyto really helps these populations explode.

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  86. Bobby Daniels says

    July 31, 2019 at 9:52 am

    Thanks for the info

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  87. CHRIS MATHIS says

    July 31, 2019 at 10:16 am

    Good info. Thanks

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  88. Melanie says

    July 31, 2019 at 7:55 pm

    Interesting watching them move around in the rocks. You can also see them at night if you shine a flashlight on the rocks.

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  89. Tami says

    August 1, 2019 at 5:12 am

    #gotpods

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  90. Alex Lin says

    August 1, 2019 at 7:50 pm

    I got tons!!

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  91. lawrence zapata says

    August 1, 2019 at 8:45 pm

    I love looking at my pods in my tank.

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  92. lawrence zapata says

    August 1, 2019 at 8:46 pm

    I see my pods moving all over my rock work.

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  93. Justin says

    August 2, 2019 at 12:39 pm

    Thank you!

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  94. Tony Holliday says

    August 2, 2019 at 2:26 pm

    Ah the hidden nutrition of a reef tank.

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