Will pods eat Yellow Polyps

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shaynster

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I bought this little rock that had around 30 polyps on it. Over the last 2 or 3 months they have been disappearing. Ther is only about 5 or 6 left. When I look in the take at night I always see what i think are pods on the polyps. The pods are about a 1/4 inch long and there's a couple that look a little bigger. Everything else in my tank seems fine so I don't know what else it could be.
THANKS,
Shayn
 
krishj39

krishj39

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Pods won't eat a heathy polyp. However, if the polyp is dying, the pods will eat the dying matter. Yellow pods have always been something that doesn't do well in my tank. I bought a rock with maybe 30 polyps on it, and there are only 6 left on the rock. All other corals are doing well, but for some reason I have yet to determine, the yellow polyps keep dying off. So, anyway, my thought is that the polyps are dying, and the pods are eating the decaying material.
 
leboeuf

leboeuf

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the best success I have had is with yellow polyps..... I think when I stirr my tank up every other day it gets bits of food up to them. I have them spreading in several places......who knows?
 
melissa v.

melissa v.

Member
I have posted this question before as well, i just lost my last yellow polyp, i have tried this 3 diffrent times and the bugs eat them, and they look very healthy, they are not dying, when i posted this question the response i got was that they would eat the polyps, no one said anything about eating dying ones.:(
anyways, i will not try them again.
Melissa V.
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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I hope they don't eat green star polyps. (peppermints). I also bought an arrow crab today and I'm wondering about that too. I read lots and when I walk into an LFS I forget.
So before I buy some yellow polyps like I almost did today - rid the peppermint?
 
clarkiiboi

clarkiiboi

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Also on the other hand, are there any fish nipping at them? Awhile ago I had an LMB (well sold as one) and it ate every one of mine!!! To clarify this it was not a LMB, similiar though. I didnt realize till I caught it in the act.
doodle1800 if you want peppermint shrimp then no yellow polyps. Maybe replace with cleaner shrimp. I would take back the arrow crab too.
 
dburr

dburr

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Woo hoo, i'm going to get a peppermint shimp. My yellow poloyps multiply like crazy. I have to keep moving my other corals.
 
doodle1800

doodle1800

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My peppermint shrimp is worthless as far as seeing during the day.
I'll trade tade my peppermint and an arrow for some yellow polyps.
Why not have an arrow? Are they a pain?
(we're off topic a bit)..
 
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