Month old tank has copepod (I think) infestation

[Just John]

My tank is about a month old and has only corals so far. Thousands of what I think may be copepods (very tiny and white) are all running rapidly all over the glass. I know they are not bad, but there are so many. 2 questions - will this die down and will clownfish eat them?

 

[LegendaryCG]

They‘ll die off if food levels naturally decrease. A large population is pretty normal. I’ve seen clownfish eat isopods but the tiny ones I don’t see them pay much attention to. Some
wrasses will hunt them.

 

[ZoWhat]

No one can really comment for sure without a few upclose pics

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[College_Reefer]

Can't confirm due to no image being attached but from my experience, clownfish will eat the bigger ones sometimes and wrasses and stuff will decimate the populations. My 6-line took out a ton of them in my tank when I had it then unfortunately it decided to also kill my other fish and inverts.

 

[Just John]

No one can really comment for sure without a few upclose pics

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Unfortunately, I won't be able to provide one. When I say tiny, I mean incredibly tiny. Like smaller than a period after a sentence. Just white specks moving around rapidly. I only said possible copepods based on a video I saw of some running around on glass. Maybe they are feeding on a light diatom film I have.

 

[Dennis Cartier]

Once you have fish, the pods will only come out at night. Well at least the smart ones will. The dumb ones will be dinner.

A healthy pod population is a blessing as that is what your corals eat. So every night when your fish are asleep and your pods are out, your corals will have their polyps out trying to snag some fresh pods.

Dennis