What Eats Amphipods???

meowzer

meowzer

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I wasn't sure where to post this, but since I am asking about my 225 tank which is becoming a reef..wellll
OK...I have millions of these amphipods...when the lights go out, and you shine a light on a rock (any rock) it looks like a freakin invasion....
What can I get to eat them that will be coral (sps, soft, lps) safe, and also get along with fish and a stingray??
Is there a such thing as TOO MANY amphipods???
 
cranberry

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They will be limited about the amount of food available. But there have been reports of them eating/picking at corals. I would wait it out for a couple of months before considering doing anything... let them run their course.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3051179
They will be limited about the amount of food available. But there have been reports of them eating/picking at corals. I would wait it out for a couple of months before considering doing anything... let them run their course.
Picking at corals
even my fuge is full of them...it's like a playground for aliens....
OK...I'll just watch...I've been adding quite a few corals...
I am guessing Mandarins don't eat them?...I have a spotted one
 
stanlalee

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any wrasse would be in heaven. Infact there are few carnivores that wont eat amphipods. due to the fact they only come out at night and spend alot of time in the boom boom room I agree as long as there's a food source they'll populate well.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Stanlalee
http:///forum/post/3051277
any wrasse would be in heaven. Infact there are few carnivores that wont eat amphipods. due to the fact they only come out at night and spend alot of time in the boom boom room I agree as long as there's a food source they'll populate well.
So maybe I should get a reef safe wrasse???? Obviously there will be food...I feed my fish every day
 
t316

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Diamond Goby...
Not only a cool fish, but with that many pods, he'd be like a fat guy at a buffet
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by T316
http:///forum/post/3051284
Diamond Goby...
Not only a cool fish, but with that many pods, he'd be like a fat guy at a buffet

I already have a Red Spotted Sandperch, and a Sleeper Banded Bullet.....will they get along?
and what about the mandarin? Do they only eat copepods...not amphipods?
NVM...I just read not to put the diamond with other gobies
 
t316

t316

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You already have a goby in there and he's not eating these buggers

What, is he a vegetarian?
 
stanlalee

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Originally Posted by meowzer
http:///forum/post/3051282
So maybe I should get a reef safe wrasse???? Obviously there will be food...I feed my fish every day%%
they'll eat algae even if you stopped feeding. If you have gobies and a dragonet its probably not such a good idea due to add pod competition (unless your eat frozen). manderins will eat amphipods small enough to eat but adult amphipods are too large for manderins. I dont know why you want to rid them. they keep the liverock free of left overs and algae. medium sized (as far as wrasses go) Halichoeres family wrassses will make a bigger dent in the population then say a sixline as will leopard wrasses although they acllimate poorly (you have the right conditions to increase their chances which is a surplus of pods). if any fish works too good at eating pods your goby and dragonet will pay the price.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Stanlalee
http:///forum/post/3051352
they'll eat algae even if you stopped feeding. If you have gobies and a dragonet its probably not such a good idea due to add pod competition (unless your eat frozen). manderins will eat amphipods small enough to eat but adult amphipods are too large for manderins. I dont know why you want to rid them. they keep the liverock free of left overs and algae. medium sized (as far as wrasses go) Halichoeres family wrassses will make a bigger dent in the population then say a sixline as will leopard wrasses although they acllimate poorly (you have the right conditions to increase their chances which is a surplus of pods). if any fish works too good at eating pods your goby and dragonet will pay the price.
I just wasn't sure if you could have "too many"
 
cranberry

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There actually can be too much of a good thing. But I totally wouldn't intervene. The numbers will dwindle in time.
 
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