I read in another forum that amphipods/copepods eat corals, and I have tons, I also have these little white worms that crawl on my glass and in and out of the sand.. should I be worried about either of these? If I got a pair of firefish gobies, would they take care of the pods (I was told they eat pods also)..? And what do I do about the worms? They don't look like the pink bristleworms you sometimes see at the LFS, but small and sometimes and inch or so long but white and very skinny.. PLEASE HELP!
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Pods on corals! Please help!
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+1 to what MisFit said. If you feel that there are a lot of them get a wrasse.
afsportsguy000
Non-member
Yea, I have tons also, always all over my corals, never had a single issue or damage done to any corals.
J
jokersplayground
Guest
amphipods and copepods eat algea and detritus.
YIKES.....::
Stay off that site.Very bad advice,they're excellent cuc and free fish food.
THE WOOKIE
Just Keep Swimming
amphipods and copepods are benificial to your system. but if you really want them gone for some reason a wrasse will devour them
Pods r good
Give them to me! People pay for all types of pods on sites like reefcleaners.org and there are a ton of others out there. Lots of fish eat them, I consider them free fish food, my wrasses pick them off as soon as they come out of hiding. Be careful with clown gobies they can pick at corals too. An easy going less expensive fish that will love your pods is a 6 line wrasse. You will have a happy and fat wrasse by the sounds of you tank.
THE WOOKIE
Just Keep Swimming
+1 on sixline
yukyuklee
Free.99
some amphipods do actually eat zoa's and paly's if they are big enough. But the polyps need to be dying
http://www.3reef.com/forums/soft-corals/zoanthid-eating-pods-41735.html
http://www.3reef.com/forums/soft-corals/zoanthid-eating-pods-41735.html
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I used to have a ton as well. they were so big, they would carry fish pellets around. LOL. Then I got a mandarin, and now the population got a little smaller.
They are great and good for your aquarium. They are a great cleaning crue.
mchartier
Non-member
6 lines can become a nightmare with other fish especially in a 10 gallon.
yukyuklee
Free.99
thats funny i hear horror stories but I never witnessed a couple of mine do such things even if introduced first before the other tank mates.
I've had a couple of six lines that were model citizens for 2-3 yrs each, and then one day they both eventually turned nasty.
I agree with the consensus though, unless you absolutely positively see them eating something you can assume pods are good and harmless.
As for the white worms, are they little tiny typical worm shaped things, or are they more like flat blobs that slither across the glass? Planaria/flatworms look like flat blobs, it they are more like typical worm shape then they are common and harmless but I don't know a name off the top of my head.
I agree with the consensus though, unless you absolutely positively see them eating something you can assume pods are good and harmless.
As for the white worms, are they little tiny typical worm shaped things, or are they more like flat blobs that slither across the glass? Planaria/flatworms look like flat blobs, it they are more like typical worm shape then they are common and harmless but I don't know a name off the top of my head.
Well,pod copepods and amphipods don't look like worms.So not sure what you have.
Overlook reef
Non-member
I think if you read the whole thread you will find out that the worms are in addition to the pods.
delta
Impatient Reefer
Post like that are how myths start, just need the right grape vine
