Mysid shrimp, copepods, amphipods

[seth16]

Since none came with my live rock i was wanting to know if i should add them to my new 30 gallon tank to establiash a population of them before i add my first fish,

 

[tankstudy]

I generally add them in to all my new tanks. Depending on species, they consume a good bit of detritus and algae.

 

[ahiggins]

I would suggest copepods-usually I buy a live batch every month and spread out between my 3 tanks. My wrasses love the treat and Im sure they eat stuff before they get eaten haha

 

[pugcrush]

Since none came with my live rock i was wanting to know if i should add them to my new 30 gallon tank to establiash a population of them before i add my first fish,

Where did you get the live rock? How can you tell? How long has it been? All the microfauna will show up after a week or two with good established live rock. I'm setting up another tank now with some liverock & I'm seeing the pods walk around. The smaller pods will show up later. At the end of the day, it's not needed for fish but I like as much life diversity before adding the real livestock.

 

[seth16]

The live rock was purchased from fragtastic, ended up taking a week and a half to be delivered and the only signs of life were a few spots of alge and some worm tubes that look empty.

 

[cloak]

I wouldn't even worry about them. As you add more and more corals to the tank your more than likely to import a few pods here and there. If conditions are right they'll reproduce.