Hello,
I currently have an Evo 13.5 stocked with a tailspot blenny and a small pair of picasso clownfish as well as some soft and LPS corals. I do weekly 2.5 gallon water changes. I noticed this morning when my lights started ramping up that there is kind of an alarming amount of copepods and what I imagine are some sort of amphipods running around the rocks. I never really considered a fourth fish before and I'm not sure if I can house that many fish in this tank so I was thinking of something as small as possible perhaps. So I guess I have couple questions.
Can I keep 4 fish in here safely if so what are any possible tiny copepod eating fish that would be reef safe?
Do I then need to continuously re-stock copepods or do these buggers reproduce enough on their own?
Do I even care about the copepods to begin with and I should stop worrying and just enjoy my tank?
Any help is appreciated thanks.
I currently have an Evo 13.5 stocked with a tailspot blenny and a small pair of picasso clownfish as well as some soft and LPS corals. I do weekly 2.5 gallon water changes. I noticed this morning when my lights started ramping up that there is kind of an alarming amount of copepods and what I imagine are some sort of amphipods running around the rocks. I never really considered a fourth fish before and I'm not sure if I can house that many fish in this tank so I was thinking of something as small as possible perhaps. So I guess I have couple questions.
Can I keep 4 fish in here safely if so what are any possible tiny copepod eating fish that would be reef safe?
Do I then need to continuously re-stock copepods or do these buggers reproduce enough on their own?
Do I even care about the copepods to begin with and I should stop worrying and just enjoy my tank?
Any help is appreciated thanks.