fish that eat isopod

[jpa0741]

Are there any fish that eat isopod? I think most of them are Sphaeromatid isopods. I have a new tank that has a ton of these things. Also are there any isopods that swim really fast that are good. I have just saw one swim out to get a piece of pellet fish food. I hope it is not one of the bad ones . The Sphaeromatid isopods are slow and just crawl around.
Thanks, Jeff

 

[weberian]

Any way you could net some and post pictures?

 

[jpa0741]

I have netted some. But my camera doesn't have a macro setting. The pics don't come out very clear. I know for sure all the ones I can see crawling around are Sphaeromatid isopods. From pics and diagrams I can even tell which ones are males. I am little concerned about the thing a saw come out and get the pellet food. It swam fast. I have one percula clown and cleaner shrimp in the tank for 3 days now. They look all right sofar. I would like to get something that might eat these they are kind of ugly to look at, or if anybody else has any ideas.
Thanks,Jeff

 

[weberian]

In the last couple of months I have been looking for pod-eaters myself, because of amphipods, which are the only type of pods I've seen in my 30-gal tank. The fish I have heard of are sixline wrasse, scooter blenny, and mandarin goby. I believe the mandarin goby needs the largest quantity of live rock to maintain it's voracious pod diet. My tank is too small for one of those, so I chose a sixline. Unfortunately the sixline didn't last long because it had a big fight with my royal gramma and they both died. On a good note, I think the amphipod population has leveled out is is not really a problem after all.

 

[weberian]

Forgot one thing. I know it's not proper to mix species from all over the world, which seems to be wreaking havoc in the natural world with invasive species, etc., but I was thinking I could get a free fish from around where I live - a mummichog, which are supposedly pod-eaters. Might be worth a try.

 

[weberian]

Wow, I just read on the sticky thread about Hitch-hikers that someone's Royal Gramma was eating pods. Maybe that's why mine fought with the sixline, over competition with the pods. I never saw my gramma eating pods so I didn't think he did.

 

[jpa0741]

I think my next fish will the sixline wrasse. It looks pretty cool! Thanks for the info.
Thanks,Jeff