Copapods

[Hilltopreef90]

My chaeto is finally growing well in my refugium and I plan to add some copapods to live in my refugium, will they automatically make there way into the display tank and do most fish eat them ?
I plan to eventually get a mandarin goby but wonder if watchman gobies and other fish eat the pods as well

 

[dmsc2fs]

Yes, if your fuge is connected to your DT they will migrate to it as well. A good way to determine your pod population in your DT is to let your glass start to get a bit dirty before you clean it. You should be able to see 100s of tiny white pods moving around on the glass.

I think almost every fish will eat pods, but I am not sure that they will hunt them and eat only them. My watchman goby's will bite at the glass. I can only assume they are eating pods. My wrasse will go after amphipods as well.