Fish recommendation?

[Anni]

I currently have 2 ocellaris clowns and a royal gramma, plus some snails and a few blue legged hermits. I want to add something that will eat all of the little pods that are in my tank. I have a 40 gallon cube. Any recommendations?

 

[mich2599]

Mandarin

 

[eatbreakfast]

Yellow assessor, stigmatura blenny, firefish, springeri damsel, watchman goby,

I would advise against a mandarin in less you are prepared to supplement the pods often.

 

[nereefpat]

Pink streak wrasse should be a good pod eater.

 

[Crimson]

Not a Mandarin unless you have a huge refugium with endless copepods. Once the copepods are gone so will the Mandarin.

 

[Anni]

Thanks everyone for the recommendations!

 

[GoldeneyeRet]

Possum wrasse

 

[Toofattofish]

Yellow assessor, stigmatura blenny, firefish, springeri damsel, watchman goby,

I would advise against a mandarin in less you are prepared to supplement the pods often.

How about a ruby red mandarin? I'd think a 40 may be enough.

 

[eatbreakfast]

How about a ruby red mandarin? I'd think a 40 may be enough.

Any dragonet will have similar dietary needs. Tank size for them isn't due to swimming space, it is based off how much tank space is needed so they don't deplete all of the pods.

 

[Crimson]

Any dragonet will have similar dietary needs. Tank size for them isn't due to swimming space, it is based off how much tank space is needed so they don't deplete all of the pods.

Exactly. Is it possible to have a dragonet in a 40, sure. However, you must have a large enough refugium to populate enough food for the dragonet. I think we veered off topic though

To the OP, don't be so quick to get rid of the pods. They have a purpose and are good for the tank ecosystem.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Yellow assessor, stigmatura blenny, firefish, springeri damsel, watchman goby,

I would advise against a mandarin in less you are prepared to supplement the pods often.

Exactly. Is it possible to have a dragonet in a 40, sure. However, you must have a large enough refugium to populate enough food for the dragonet. I think we veered off topic though

To the OP, don't be so quick to get rid of the pods. They have a purpose and are good for the tank ecosystem.

Algae barn now has the mandarins eating mysis shrimp... they are costly but no need to stress for copepods.

Also, I have a 40 gallon cube. Take a look at my build. Its in my signature.

 

[eatbreakfast]

Algae barn now has the mandarins eating mysis shrimp... they are costly but no need to stress for copepods.

Also, I have a 40 gallon cube. Take a look at my build. Its in my signature.

Again, mandarins have a very short and inefficient digestive tract. Eating frozen helps, but they need to eat almost constantly. Eating a couple of meals of mysis a day isn't going to damper their nearly constant hunt for pods, which they rely on for the majority of their dietary needs.

 

[Mr.Rocc]

Again, mandarins have a very short and inefficient digestive tract. Eating frozen helps, but they need to eat almost constantly. Eating a couple of meals of mysis a day isn't going to damper their nearly constant hunt for pods, which they rely on for the majority of their dietary needs.

1) I love your name!
2) Hmm I thought maybe that would have fixed the issue but good to know.

 

[ReefSharkBuilder]

A spike fin goby would love it