Who eats amphipods?

afbengochea · 07-03-2006, 08:33 AM

Ive got a bunch of them and was wondering since I have a bunch of them in my tank, obviously no one in there now is eating them. So what kind of fish does?

popper · 07-03-2006, 08:43 AM

Hi, Well, I had a thriving colony until I got my cardinalfish.My clowns,blenny never bothered with them.The cardinals wiped them out in a week.Any wrasse,butterflyfish would probably wipe them out as well.I'm sure there are many others that I can't think of at the moment. Gail

tims · 07-03-2006, 09:15 AM

hehe just about everyone will.. but as your tank ages you will see the pop. go down a bit too

Geoff · 07-03-2006, 10:20 AM

how old is the tank? huge pod population is one of those cycles that a tank will go through in the first 6-12m of a tanks life. i would not add anything to the tank that will eat them specifically. i would worry about it starving when your pod pop. bottoms out.

G~

ReelFreak · 07-03-2006, 10:34 AM

When I pick them out of my filter sock on the overflow, I'll drop them in the display and my Female clown and my yellow tang eat them like sweet tarts........they love them. I've never noticed them preying on them, but when I put the pods in they go crazy.