who eats pods?

UseSkaForEvil · 03-12-2007, 12:13 PM

i want to get a mandarin down the road but since i only have about 100gallons of water and 100lbs of rock i don't want it to have too much competition, what other types of fish can i get? im looking for larger fish, but they still have to be happy in a 80gallon bow (48x12-15x26) thanks

JY13131 · 03-12-2007, 12:22 PM

I think that any omnivore will eat them. I have seen my wrasse, scooter blenny (who is really a dragonette...but they did NOT tell me that at the LFS!!), and even my clownish tries to bump her nose to the glass and get some!

UseSkaForEvil · 03-12-2007, 04:36 PM

ok, but what will decimate the population? ive heard 6 lines are out and if you have lots of peppermint shrimp it can be a problem as well, anythign else?

JY13131 · 03-12-2007, 05:01 PM

If you have a few fish who eat them, they will be gone

UseSkaForEvil · 03-12-2007, 05:03 PM

well i have 2 clowns and they don't seem to make a dent in it, so any ideas what will eat abotu the same amount as them? or any solely herbivores that would be happy?

betamed · 03-12-2007, 06:06 PM

Anything that eats algae like a fox face would be ideal. Clowns, hawkfish, chromis, pygmy angles might be OK. Grammas wrasses psuedochromis would be out. Most of the tanks I see with mandarins are lightly stocked with lots of rubble and macro.