If you keep finicky eaters like Mandarin Dragonets or Wrasses, you know how critical a booming pod population is. The Coral Shopper Pod Shuttle is the perfect habitat designed to breed, house, and seamlessly transfer massive amounts of copepods and amphipods from your sump or refugium directly into your display tank.
Live rock is expensive! If you just need something to put in your tank with a lot of surface area where your bugs can hide and your bacteria can multiply, the Hive Cube is perfect.
Unlike basic porous blocks, this shuttle features a dual-density architecture built specifically for the varying sizes of reef microfauna.
Dimensions are 2″ Wide x 2″ Deep x 2.5″ Tall
Why Choose the Hive Cube?
- The 5-Pipe Highway System: Five horizontal tubes run completely through the core. These act as superhighways and safe havens for larger adult amphipods to navigate and breed.
- High-Density Micro-Matrix: The interior is printed with a specialized gyroid mesh. This creates thousands of microscopic caves perfect for tiny copepods to hide from predators, while providing massive surface area for beneficial bacteria to colonize.
- Solid Bottom Floor: A solid base ensures that when you lift the cube out of the water, the pods don’t instantly flush out the bottom before you can get them to the display tank.
- Tong-Friendly Loop: Easy to grab with tongs or a hook.
- 100% Reef-Safe: Printed from premium, aquarium-safe PETG. It will not leach chemicals, break down under intense UV reef lighting, or alter your water chemistry.
- Made in the USA: Proudly designed and 3D printed in Delaware, USA.
How to Use for Feeding
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Drop the Hive Cube into your sump or refugium. You can sprinkle some food pellets or frozen food inside the horizontal tubes to attract residents.
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Initially, allow 2–4 weeks for it to populate with pods and beneficial bacteria.
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Place it into your main display tank after the lights go out.
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The pods will naturally migrate out to feed your fish. Move it back to the sump in a few days to reload it!
