Copepods and other questions...

[tinker02]

I am new to the reef hobby. Are copepods a good thing for a tank? Should I add more live sand?.. I have 40lbs with a 75 gallon. How many corals should I introduce to the tank to keep it healthy?


Current tank: 75 gallon 40
Fish:1snowflake clown, 1 foxface, 1 starry blenny,
1 damsel
Coral: mushroom rock, Kenya tree, green star polyp, xenia

Clean up crew: 20 crabs, 6 snail mix, 1 blood shrimp

 

[Muttley000]

They are great for your tank! As for the amount of sand, how deep is it? I would suggest you stay under 2 inches, unless you want to run a deep sand bed, then I would say go to at least 4". On the coral's develop a plan and add slowly. What kind of lighting and flow do you have, and what interests you coral wise?

 

[Zeal]

Watch out for the Kenya Tree and GSP, they tend to grow quickly.

 

[JonPhillips]

Depends on what corals you add. They eat calcium in the water so adding too many at a time will cause a swing.

 

[lzrlvr]

Hi copepods and amphipods all good but with that many fish there population may decline quickly even with that amount of sand and rock