Feeding phytoplankton question

[kien]

In four years of running my tank I have never dosed phyto. I seem to be able to maintain an adequate pod population to feed my three pipefish and mandarin as that is all they have ever eaten for the past two years that I've owned them. I also do not have a 'fuge. Just lots of porous live rock where I can see them congregate at night. Anyway, just sharing my experience with pods and pod eaters :-)