Copepod outbreak?

[mikemdvm]

I added copepods to my refugium and now I have little whit "œbugs" ALL OVER my display. They are all over my glass and if you stare at the rocks they are covered. Can too many copepods cause problems?

 

[Pdisner]

I added copepods to my refugium and now I have little whit "œbugs" ALL OVER my display. They are all over my glass and if you stare at the rocks they are covered. Can too many copepods cause problems?

No! That's a good thing that you should encourage. Many people pay money to have your "œproblem". That's the BEST fish food ever. Plus they are part of the microfauna and flora that keeps your tank clean. You can't beet the nutrition packed in that little package. I breed and sell copepods amongst other things.


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[BeachBumm]

no! That's a good thing that you should encourage. Many people pay money to have your "œproblem". That's the best fish food ever. Plus they are part of the microfauna and flora that keeps your tank clean. You can't beet the nutrition packed in that little package. I breed and sell copepods amongst other things.


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+1

 

[ramseynb]

They will self-regulate. If there's "too many" some will die off until a balance is reached or until you add a wrasse.

 

[jlmawp]

My pod population goes up and down with conditions of the tank. Let them go. If there are too many, they'll die off a little.

 

[Fylerb]

It's a good thing

 

[mcgyvr]

:facepalm:
Not sure what you "thought" was going to happen...
Nor why you would think they could be harmful in some way..

All is fine..

 

[d0ughb0y]

If you don't have any fish eating the pods, they will start eating your sps corals. Just google it. I did not believe it till it happened to my tank. It was like a scene from a horror movie. When I shined a flashlight into my tank, pods completely covered a huge milli colony.

I now have two wrasses in my tank and not a single pod in sight, day or night.