OK gotcha
I believe that a dead pod is eaten as easily as a live one when pumped into a tank.
In my system the REF is pumped into the system and I have yet to see a fish turn up their nose at a dead critters pumped in.
I was more concerned with the bacteria and yes I have a sand bed
that is my concern here. I want to keep it going as long as possible without feeding the system. I feed so light that the fish need to work for a living! A kole tang, Yellow tang, algae blenny, and few that need small feeding the ones that don’t hunt live pods. One of my main objectives is to keep a mandarin (hopefully a pair) for a long time.
So I can easily pump from the same spot in the sump but return to the tank and thus increase the flow again. The real question I have is what is the draw back with my idea here?
Also expect a PM real soon!
Mark