something to control pods in 5g pico

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  1. gfoot2000

    gfoot2000 Flamingo Tongue

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    so i currently have a 5g pico thats been running for 2 month with 2 trochus snails and 2 zoos and 2 sps, im tank is is crawling with copepods, isopods(arent harmful, just makes my zoos close once in awhile when they crawl on it) and amphipods that i dont mind cuz i rarely see them.

    so my copepod and isopod population is a mess, and i want to get the smallest best choice fish i can get for a 5g or maybe an invert that eats pods? is there such thing? i know 5g is no place for a fish but i need something to control my pods,

    i use to have a 6 lined wrasse and i like it but surely 5g is way to small for a wrasse, mandarine is out of the picture. any suggestions on a small fish? would a seahorse be cool? or do they only eat swimming stuff?
    i dont really have an algae problem cuz ive never fed my tank b4 and i use rodi water. and no i havent checked my parameters at all. just losts of pods that need dying
     
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  3. thepanfish

    thepanfish Flying Squid

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    I wouldmsay Possum Wrasse, love them! They are very active and perfect for small tanks.
     
  4. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    I would say they'll eventually even out in population when their food source starts diminishing...which should be fairly easy since you're not feeding anything in there.
     
  5. con999

    con999 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    how about u send them to me. lol


    pods shouldnt be making corals close. its natral for them somthing else is wrong.or th the zoas could be eating the pods.
     
  6. SushiGirl

    SushiGirl Barracuda

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    Our zoas close when the pods run all over them. Then they open right back up. Doesn't hurt anything.
     
  7. mike007

    mike007 Sea Dragon

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    Zoas don't eat pods..
     
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  9. jbraslins

    jbraslins Teardrop Maxima Clam

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    Seems like a mandarin would be a nice choice. Thats pretty much all the yeat. One of those would look spectactular in 5g pico, no?
     
  10. gfoot2000

    gfoot2000 Flamingo Tongue

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    im talking about the isopods which are like 1/2 the zoas' size. the zoas just goes "quit it" then the isos move on.
     
  11. Aaron.Herk

    Aaron.Herk Sea Dragon

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    Don't think a mandarin would be a good choice in that small of a tank