Any gobies or anything to eat amphipods?

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Is there anything but a wrasse I can ge to eat amphipods. I like the look of gobies but need one they can take down some serious pods. I’m running a biocube 32 so it needs to be smallish.

 

[blaxsun]

Can't be a wrasse, huh?

 

[Projects with Sam]

scooter blenny?

 

[blaxsun]

scooter blenny?

Might pose a feeding challenge after the pods are gone.

 

[toomanymatts]

What is the concern with them?

 

[blaxsun]

What is the concern with them?

They're dragonets, so they rely on pods for food - and there wouldn't be enough room in a 32-gallon tank to sustain them.

 

[homer1475]

Why no wrasses? They are the best at eating all kinds of pods. My Melanarus used to love the large amphipods. Would slurp them up like candy.

 

[i cant think]

Is there anything but a wrasse I can ge to eat amphipods. I like the look of gobies but need one they can take down some serious pods. I’m running a biocube 32 so it needs to be smallish.

For a biocube 32 I wouldn’t do a large wrasse however you could have a Possum or pink streak. In terms of gobies I can help you however I would need to know what other fish there are.
Here’s my pink streak;

 

[blaxsun]

For a biocube 32 I wouldn’t do a large wrasse however you could have a Possum or pink streak. In terms of gobies I can help you however I would need to know what other fish there are.
Here’s my pink streak;
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Those two look like they're on LSD, lol.

 

[i cant think]

Those two look like they're on LSD, lol.

Haha, he does aswell!
All my pods must be doing something… Suspicious activity maybe…

 

[i cant think]

Also in my nano I have Atleast 4 pod eaters, I will still find Atleast 4 amphipods crawling around after lights out. My pod eaters are;
- Macropharyngodon bipartitus (Temporary)
- Pseudocheilinops ataenia
- Discordipinna griessingeri
- Koumansetta hectori

 

[Projects with Sam]

Oh; guess I got lucky with mine eating frozen; the Scooter Blennies adopt frozen easier then the mandarins?

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

For a biocube 32 I wouldn’t do a large wrasse however you could have a Possum or pink streak. In terms of gobies I can help you however I would need to know what other fish there are.
Here’s my pink streak;
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Is that not a six line?

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

Oh; guess I got lucky with mine eating frozen; the Scooter Blennies adopt frozen easier then the mandarins?

I had a massive scooter. They’ll eat frozen and pellets no problem. Or at least mine did. Such a cool fish

 

[i cant think]

Is that not a six line?

Nope! Totally different genus, it may look like a sixline but is instead Pseudocheilinops ataenia. Mostly uncommon and not very well heard of as when people think of wrasses they most likely think of the big genera such as Macropharyngodon, Cirrhilabrus, Halichoeres, Wetmorella, Paracheilinus ect...
Here’s a photo of my old sixline, there’s clear differences in just the body shape.

 

[Projects with Sam]

Nope! Totally different genus, it may look like a sixline but is instead Pseudocheilinops ataenia. Mostly uncommon and not very well heard of as when people think of wrasses they most likely think of the big genera such as Macropharyngodon, Cirrhilabrus, Halichoeres, Wetmorella, Paracheilinus ect...
Here’s a photo of my old sixline, there’s clear differences in just the body shape.
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Not to mention those eyes! I couldn't have one of those. I'd tell it all my secrets...

 

[Zoa_Fanatic]

For a biocube 32 I wouldn’t do a large wrasse however you could have a Possum or pink streak. In terms of gobies I can help you however I would need to know what other fish there are.
Here’s my pink streak;
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All I have in there right now and all I plan to have are my designer Ocellaris clowns and whatever will eat these freaking pods for me

 

[Projects with Sam]

Mail some my way! I went to a local Aquarium society sale yesterday and no one had phytoplankton, copepods, or arthropods.