Too Many Pods???

[HTXReefer]

So a question for the community. Is there a point where you can have too many pods in a reef tank?
I noticed about a month ago my chalice was shrinking and read a thread about amphipods eating chalice. I grabbed a flashlight during dark period and could see pods all over my chalice which is pretty much gone now. I do have a really fat mandarin that doesn’t appear to be putting a dent in the population. My sump looks like you stepped on a fire ant bed. At night my DT looks the same way. All glass in my DT have pods on them during full light.
I do have a pod culture I have been growing for a few months now and have been adding them to the tank daily and that population is exploding.
Should I get another mandarin or some other type of pod eating fish?

 

[GabeM]

You should probably stop dosing pods until the population comes under control... and maybe sell the extra? should be easy to ship.

 

[HTXReefer]

I reset the pod culture a week ago and ended up dumping thousands out. So I haven’t added any in over a week but the new culture is booming again so I may need to offload some. Thinking about what kind of fish I could add to get things back in check.

 

[GabeM]

I would get a wrasse if it was me. I don't have your problem it seems.

 

[MichaelReefer]

I wouldn't think you can have too many.

 

[Genicanthus-R-Us]

Any of the leopard wrasses would help your problem, they eat far more pods than a mandarin as they have a faster metabolism. I’ve never heard of pods eating corals so it could be a result of something else (check params) but in time they will go away, pods have a boom/bust cycle and will eventually overpopulate.

 

[BadAsh]

Mine have adapted to eating pellets. It looks like an epic battle of pee wee soccer as hundreds, maybe thousands of pods battle. Fully grown pods swarmed by their tiny brethren fighting for the ball. Its mesmerizing and slightly disgusting so I think I need something that eats them as well. Can you have too many pods? I mean some of these things might be able to hold their own against a small hermit.

 

[ca1ore]

Depends on the pods. Amhipods aren’t generally eaten by most fish so a large population can be problematic. Copepods are readily eaten so the more the better.