copepod popuplation

Hi all, My tank has lot of purple algea from 1 month. And also i have found out that copepods are outgrown in my tank. Please help if excess copepods are good or bad.

Hello Everyone, I had posted this issue in the algae forum but after some investigating and discovering new phone camera features... I am seeing an obscene amount of copepods everywhere... in water, on rock, glass, substrate. This seems alot more than normal. Since I have a Mandarin and am aware...

Who has experience and would be open to share about a tank rehoming multiple dragonets and a possum wrasse! Or multiple species competing for same food source (pods)? Context: Innovative Marine Peninsula 14 Gal I brought home 2 wild mandarins! Was able to get them to eat live + frozen brine...

I'm cycling with dry rock, and when that's over, I'll seed my tank with copepods in a bottle. Should I invest in live phytoplankton to feed the copepods and make them reproduce faster, or is dead phytoplankton like EasyReefs EasyBooster gonna do just fine? If I buy cheaper, dead, phytoplankton...