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hi all,

recently noticed that something has "trimmed" the skirts of some of my zoas. Prime suspect seems to be amphipods because i saw them crawling around the colony when the lights are out. I also notice that they have seemed to have increase their population recently.

Question is, is there any NOCTURNAL predator i can introduce to the tank to whack them when they are most active? I currently have pair of firefish, tailspot blenny, yellow watchman goby and pink spotted watchman goby. These guys dont seem to be keen in amphipods at all.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks all

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hi all,

recently noticed that something has "trimmed" the skirts of some of my zoas. Prime suspect seems to be amphipods because i saw them crawling around the colony when the lights are out. I also notice that they have seemed to have increase their population recently.

Question is, is there any NOCTURNAL predator i can introduce to the tank to whack them when they are most active? I currently have pair of firefish, tailspot blenny, yellow watchman goby and pink spotted watchman goby. These guys dont seem to be keen in amphipods at all.

Any ideas guys?

Thanks all

Try wrasses.. Some good pods predators wrasses like yellow, splendid, Radian, mystery etc..

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thanks for the reply bro cfoh, yeah i was also thinking wrasses....considering six lines or possum wrasse actually but fear aggression towards my other fishes....

i also read that i should leave a small light on after the mains are off so that the pods would come out and the wrasse can do its work. is this a good idea?

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thanks for the reply bro cfoh, yeah i was also thinking wrasses....considering six lines or possum wrasse actually but fear aggression towards my other fishes....

i also read that i should leave a small light on after the mains are off so that the pods would come out and the wrasse can do its work. is this a good idea?

Ya, Six lines had bad reputation...

most wrasses hide @ night even yr moon light on... But dun worry they will helps to reduce yr pods population tremendously..

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Thanks all for the input.

For mandarins, i was thinking of complications should the pods population reduce, the poor fella would have nothing to eat...that's unless i buy one thats already feeding on pellets lol...

@ bro allantang, i tried to catch but these buggers are fast lol...will let u know if i managed to get some.

@ ketchup, hmm yellow wrasses seemed to be a good choice!

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