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Ah ok, interesting as I have never introduced live rock or sand.
Tavero
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Amphipod, and no, now that it is out don't put it back in.
There will be probably more in your tank than you can count anyway, but they can eat corals if they are hungry. Every one that is out of the tank is one potential pest not able to munch on corals.
There will be probably more in your tank than you can count anyway, but they can eat corals if they are hungry. Every one that is out of the tank is one potential pest not able to munch on corals.
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Just curious as to where you heard/read this information? Never have I heard about pods eating corals. Quite the opposite actually.
Tavero
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There are literally several accounts of them eating corals in this forum in only the last few months. I've also experienced it in every single nano tank I set up in my 15 years of reefing.
If they are able to exponentially multiply because of missing competiton and then run out of food the large adults WILL eat corals. They have all tools necessary to do so.
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After doing some research, I see that they have been blamed for eating zoos. Some claim they eat sps, trumpet, and other coral. The other side, people claim they are eating dead coral flesh and not the healthy living coral tissue.
In my 30 years experience, I have never seen or have had this problem and tend to believe it's more of them "cleaning up" some dead tissue and the coral may have had some other issue.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it unless I see a video with it actually happening.
In my 30 years experience, I have never seen or have had this problem and tend to believe it's more of them "cleaning up" some dead tissue and the coral may have had some other issue.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it unless I see a video with it actually happening.
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Guess I just have fish that eat them before they make there way to coral. Honestly still don’t see them as a threat but to each there own!
Tavero
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There are videos here on reef2reef of it actually happening. What now?
They were definitely eating my zoas that were happy and open, until the pods started well...eating them, you know?
The zoas only recovered after i eradicated most of them.
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Sorry, didn't save the links. Im sure you can find them on your own if you are interested though.
Of course, unless you experience it in your own tank, which i don't wish on anyone, you may still think "Hey that coral is already dying"
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I typed in "amphipod eating coral" on the search.
The only actual video that came up show a pod on the dead section of a sps. I still don't see what your talking about. I have not seen any evidence. Every thread has people saying it's not true.
Can you help me find one?
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Dear all, several of my corals are losing tissue. Since chemistry is fine I was keeping an eye open for parasites. And tonight after lights went off, many worm like creatures were floating in the tank and also sitting on the damaged coral spots.Could you help me ID? The worms are roughly between...
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Just one thing: there are thousands of amphipod species. Most are omnivores. Some are predators. How do you know what's in other people tanks?
If someone is saying "they are eating my corals, i have seen it" there is a very high chance that it is ...actually true. Mind blowing i know.
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