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Hi Guys,

My starter dwarf sea horse tank has become a host for these guys (photo below) and they are not shy at breeding and growing.

Should I be concerned and start getting them out of the tank or are they beneficial. Please remember this would be for a dwarf seahorse tank and a small sting could kill them.

Amphipods and copepods are now everywhere and I would hate to clear out the tank and lose all the good hitch hikers in the tank

Any and all opinions appreciated

Andre

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Hi Guys,

My starter dwarf sea horse tank has become a host for these guys (photo below) and they are not shy at breeding and growing.

Should I be concerned and start getting them out of the tank or are they beneficial. Please remember this would be for a dwarf seahorse tank and a small sting could kill them.

Amphipods and copepods are now everywhere and I would hate to clear out the tank and lose all the good hitch hikers in the tank

Any and all opinions appreciated

Andre

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They have benifitial properies wrt filter feeding capabilities...but pack a moerse powerful punch. get them out now
 
Thanks Franssny

Any recommendation on the easiest way to remove them because there are quite a few, and a lot of small one's
 
those are aptasia (glass annenome) and as frans says can sting. the problem is they can breed fast and by the sound of it you have a slight problem. there are a number of ways to kill them, the most common is by direct injection. I would geta product like aptasiaX or kalkwasser and inject them now while they are small and well before you have sea horses in there. do a search on aptasia and their controll, there is lots of info on it :)
 
Thanks guys, always nice to know that you could call on the group for a answer. I will do a bit of research because they have made themselves at home and one did create a population boom.
 
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