Should I add copepods?

[TheRockPlayz]

My tank is currently fallow as I am quarantining my fish due to ich. During this time if I added copepods it would give them more time to get settled but I don’t know if I need them or they are worth it.
I have a hammer, Kenya tree coral, zoa, and a gsp i also want to get a frog spawn and maybe a monti or acropora. I have a clownfish and a hippo tang and plan to get one more clown and at most a goby (watchman) although that will be far in the future.
20.5g tank with a filter sock, sponge, bio media and activated carbon for filtration.

There’s a lot of information on different types of copepods but no guidelines on if they would be beneficial or just take up some nutrients.
Should I get copepods? Which ones? Why?

Thank you

 

[TheRockPlayz]

The tank is 2.5 months old

 

[Gumbies R Us]

This is a great thread that should answer your question!

I'm Curious...Just What are the Actual Benefits of adding Copepods?

First of all, I'm a big fan of microfauna like copepods but since there are so many ways to get them pretty quickly (even simply by accident), what is the true value of adding one or multiple species? Please feel free to be as detailed as possible, or, if you feel it's kind of pointless, feel...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Fish Fan]

If your tank is fallow because of Ich right now, I personally wouldn't add anything at all until the fallow period is fully up. I would think it's an extremely low chance that cultured copepods would add more Ich or any other parasites to your tank, but I don't think I'd risk it. I'd add the 'pods after the fallow period has been completed. Of course, this is just my $0.02

Good luck!

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

If you have corals and snails, then pods are already in your tank. I would suggest that a better idea would be to feed the pods in your tank, add phyto to the tank so they multiply.

 

[exnisstech]

I like fishfans advice of not adding anything wet during a fallow period.
I also have never added pods but I have them in every tank.

 

[IceNein]

All good advice. I like adding pods, but as others said, they're inevitable hitchhikers on anything you put into your tank. But also, if you're doing a fallow period, just let the tank be until that's done.