copepods and fish

[serankko]

besides the mandarine dragonet, what other fishes based their food in copepods ????

[Maxxumless]

Oh, most fish will eat them if they see them (even Tangs), but the dedicated pod eaters are usually wrasses and gobies.

[JENnKerry]

I've seen everything from madarins, wrasses (like Maxxumless said), tangs angel and even damsels eat them. It's a good natural food for fish.

[Shoestring Reefer]

Like others said, nearly everything will eat them. I've seen my clownfish eat them.

[chrisd4421]

Just need to be careful...Mandarin's main food souce is pods as well as certain wrasse. With Wrasse being faster, they could wipe out the pods leaving the mandarin to starve.

HTH

Chris

[newguy1983]

I second the fact that gobies eat them...ever since i added my YWG...I am yet to see a pod...even at night...

[ozadars]

Dragonets and most of the blennies, gobies, triplefins, hawks, wrasses, pipes, horses will eat copepods. When juvenile, almost all fish eat them too.
Herbivores such as lawnmower blennies, tangs, foxfaces, angels, etc.. usually eat them involuntarily. When they pick on rocks to eat algae, they as well eat the copepods on the way. A way of taking protein. They are like real lawnmowers which grab insects as well as grass ;)