amipods

[trustinno1]

my corals have been not opening up like normal i see tons of amipods on them an little chunks missing can it they are eating them

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

Hey trust. I have tons of amphipods and no problems. I notice them munching on algae and eating food that settles on the sand. I've also caught them eating the shrimp's molt. What corals are being eaten?

[Original Fin]

+1 on that. I have tons of them too, but I've never noticed them bothering my corals. They come out especially at night to to scavenge on and around corals for detritus and bits of missed food, but they do not feed on the corals.
Which corals seem to be affected? I would think it's something else that's bothering them. Params all good? No redbugs/flatworms asterinas or Nudibranches?


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[trustinno1]

Zoos an maybe acan all were doin well until a week ago but the zoas for sure have chunks out of them did a dip an only pods came off they were pretty big too

[FoMoCo Master Tech]

I know you have some hermits. What kind are they? Got any other crabs in there? I personally think all crabs are evil as they are opportunistic eaters. Some people have seen them eating coral. A while back, I had an emerald crab that ate a cleaner shrimp just after the shrimp molted. Before that, the same shrimp came up missing antenna on one side of it's face. I got rid of the crab before It ate my other shrimp but I don't doubt it would have snacked on a frag or two. Also, I found some nudibranches on one of my zoa frags. They were hard to spot because they were the same colors as the zoas that they were eating. I would suspect other things causing damage to the corals besides the amphipods like the hermits or other crabs if you have any. Maybe spying on the tank throughout the day and even into the night would help you catch the problem.

[trustinno1]

the hermites i have are red leg an blue leg dwarf no other crabs yeah i have been lookin in on the tank an nothing yet but im wondering if it not the dang blue damsel i cant catch

[peasofme]

amphipods do kill corals