Amphipods

[nanotwelve]

***) Thanks to your help I now know I have pods, I've only seen them when i first turn on the lights so i dont' think theyr'e taking over the tank, but I was curious what type of fish or critters might eat them. I did a litttle research and read that some fish eat these things. One of the response said this is an indication that I have a healthy tank and that was good to hear. I also got a response that something I saw was a stomatella varia snail and that this was good too. It kind of freaked me out to see these things when I knew I hadn't put them in there,..strange hitchhikers............

 

[fisherson]

Yea i have 3 of them from 1 rock. And scooter blenny's and mandarins eat pods. But they also need LOTS of rock to make sure the population of pods doesn't get depleted

 

[jacksdad]

Originally Posted by nanotwelve
***) Thanks to your help I now know I have pods, I've only seen them when i first turn on the lights so i dont' think theyr'e taking over the tank, but I was curious what type of fish or critters might eat them. I did a litttle research and read that some fish eat these things. One of the response said this is an indication that I have a healthy tank and that was good to hear. I also got a response that something I saw was a stomatella varia snail and that this was good too. It kind of freaked me out to see these things when I knew I hadn't put them in there,..strange hitchhikers............

Mandarins and scooters do eat pods, but a nano can't support enough of a pod population to keep them fed. Some people might disagree, but the vast majority of people who try to keep these fish in a nano don't succeed. One fish that I have heard of people keeping successfully in a nano that will eat pods is a 6 line wrasse. Just my $.02
Bob

 

[nanomantis]

six line wrasse

 

[lbaskball]

I thought they were easy to keep, I had one for almost 1 year until it died. But then again..i only had about 8lbs of live rock in a 20gallon tank. I learned my lesson t he hard way..either way, I wouldnt buy another one of those fish again. Dont want to see another one die.