Mysis shrimp running around!!!

[POLARBEAR0871]

I found mysis shrimp in my tank a while back but I didn't see very many of them now I'm seeing a ton of them run around and I was just curious but what exactly eats Mysis shrimp??? Is there a fish or crab I could get to control the population???

 

[baron1282]

Almost all fish eat mysis shrimp. We should all be so lucky to have a population of mysis shrimp in our tank.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

They're kinda cool I like them but the population is going crazy

 

[baron1282]

What do you have in the tank now? How big is the tank?

I would suggest something that will pick at your rocks all day if you really want to get the population down. Everything in my tank eats the frozen mysis shrimp.

I have a Yellow Tang, Yellow Eye Tang, Black Clown Fish, Blue Spotted Toby, Coral Beauty, and a lunare wrasse. I also got a Long Spine Sea Urchin.

If this is in your 40 gallon tank, I would suggest a 6 line wrasse. I would be cautious because they can be punks, but I had one in my 30 gallon tank and he was never a punk. The only dumb thing he did was jump out of my tank and die. :-(

 

[Mattyfelts]

lucky guy haha, i feed corals mysis and even my shrimp like it which is really creepy.

 

[baron1282]

I want to start a population of pods in my wet/dry. If you were to get something that could keep your guys alive without predators so they can populate more and be sucked up into your main tank for food, I would suggest a Mandarin!

So he the Mandarin will always have a constant food supply and won't starve to death in your tank.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Yes it is my 40 and it should be fine in my tank as I have a snowflake eel two clowns an a starfish

 

[Cichlid-dude]

Wish i had a big population of live mysis in my tank! Heck i dont even have one live mysis shrimp lol. How did this start? Did you introduce live mysis into your tank at some point?

 

[Tate]

Baron1282 did you convert your wet/dry into a refugium/sump?

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

No I honestly didn't even know what they were when I saw them I had to research the things in my tank because I was so confused and thought it was a parasite they just hitch hiked right on into my tank along with a pistol shrimp peanut worm a really cool snail and a Oenone fulgida worm that I can't get out

 

[54seaweed]

if the population gets over whelming you can always send them to me
my clowns love them

 

[mr_X]

I wouldn't even worry about controlling them because they are not detrimental in any way, but if you want them eaten, a wrasse will take care of them.

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

Awesome

 

[Tate]

Can you attach a picture of how much you really have?

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

There's no way they're all over the rank it's ridiculous

 

[TheTodd]

Are you sure they are not pods? I don't ever recall hearing of Mysis hitch hiking, but it seems possible.

 

[mr_X]

Mysis are pods. Pods is a general term referring to copepods, amphipods, isopods....

 

[POLARBEAR0871]

I'm very sure if I could I would post a picture but my phone won't let me