isopods

[JNye]

anyone know of a fish that will eat these guys. i have a ton of them in my tank and they seen to have no predators, my mandarin may eat the babies but as far as the big guys, he doesn't even give them a second look.

 

[2crazyreefers]

A friend has this problem and has been trying all kinds of traps etc. He is now using his flashlight method. He shines the light on the tank at night which atracks them to the glass where he crushes them. He has been battling these for months and seems to be gainning ground with his method.

 

[JNye]

they aren't actually a problem, the aren't the parasitic kind, cuz my fish are fine, but many of them are big! i mean if i had less of these guys my amphipods and mysis could maybe do better, and i think those are a better natural food source than isopods.
is this correct?

 

[dendro982]

For a small, ~4mm (>1/8") isopods wrasse will work, tried twice.

 

[erendon]

Hey, Poo-Tang, I like in the city. I will be heppy to take some from you. I have plenty on my fuge/sump but you can't have too many.

 

[erendon]

Sorry, thats "live" and "happy".