HUGE explosion of munnid isopod population!

[leilanastasia]

I have these munnid isopods everywhere... and I mean everywhere!!! Not one spot in my tank where I don’t see them crawling. They’re in every crack, crevice, and nonstop on every inch of my live rock. There’s practically an entire colony living on my glass and back wall... tons. I also somehow have dragonsbreath macro algae naturally growing & thriving (which I never introduced into my tank) and literal live sea sponge (3 of them) growing on my live rock as well as seaweed or some type of macro algae... I noticed some of the seaweed type macro starting to deteriorate and I’m wondering since munnids are herbivores - they are chowing down on the green macro/seaweed? Is that possible? it would be great to know if anyone has further knowledge on these guys. Also soo weird I have all of this stuff somehow just coming in out of the blue (not complaining either lol!)

side note.. will mandarins/dragonet species eat munnids in replacement of copepods? I have pods in a culture but am wondering if I could get away with these permanently, especially since my tank is seeded with munnids through and through like crazy!

anyways, thanks guys!!

 

[Benjammin]

I don’t have any answers but it sounds interesting.

 

[old salt reefer]

I"HAD' a population explosion of these to. Then my Coral Beauty discovered she liked the taste of them. She quit eating anything I fed her and would constantly be on the hunt for them. Took her a month and a half but she eat every last one of them.

 

[leilanastasia]

I"HAD' a population explosion of these to. Then my Coral Beauty discovered she liked the taste of them. She quit eating anything I fed her and would constantly be on the hunt for them. Took her a month and a half but she eat every last one of them.

Oh dang! Luckily my coral beauty didn’t like them

 

[titlefight13]

I have these munnid isopods everywhere... and I mean everywhere!!! Not one spot in my tank where I don’t see them crawling. They’re in every crack, crevice, and nonstop on every inch of my live rock. There’s practically an entire colony living on my glass and back wall... tons. I also somehow have dragonsbreath macro algae naturally growing & thriving (which I never introduced into my tank) and literal live sea sponge (3 of them) growing on my live rock as well as seaweed or some type of macro algae... I noticed some of the seaweed type macro starting to deteriorate and I’m wondering since munnids are herbivores - they are chowing down on the green macro/seaweed? Is that possible? it would be great to know if anyone has further knowledge on these guys. Also soo weird I have all of this stuff somehow just coming in out of the blue (not complaining either lol!)

side note.. will mandarins/dragonet species eat munnids in replacement of copepods? I have pods in a culture but am wondering if I could get away with these permanently, especially since my tank is seeded with munnids through and through like crazy!

anyways, thanks guys!!

Thankfully my clowns saw that I have thousands today. They just wouldn’t stop.