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freewilly2
06/11/2006, 09:20 PM
i was wondering are the good or bad about a little bigger then a pin head. if bad how can i get rid of them?

Paintbug
06/11/2006, 09:29 PM
sounds like copepods. usually one of the first signs of life in a tank :D. consider them free fish food. absolutly harmless.

heres a good link to bookmark. http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm just for the future.

sir_dudeguy
06/11/2006, 10:39 PM
nope, you dont wanna get rid of em'...they're good. thats what some fish only eat, like manderins...only dont get one of those untill your tank is at least a year or 2 old. also, i think corals eat them.

hth

zoltetov
06/11/2006, 10:42 PM
2 years old is pretty excessive, but, as that's not really the point of this post, to be debated on another.

sir_dudeguy
06/11/2006, 10:58 PM
ya i was just sayin its gotta be very established thats all...i said 1 or 2.

and do you have a fuge? if not, thats what a fuge is for...gives pods a place to grow, and then they enter the tank thru that. also you keep chaeto algae in there, which eats nitrates, and the pods breed or whatever in it i think.