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What freshwater fish can I use to kill copepods?


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Hello all! I've only been keeping shrimp for a few weeks now, but I am already an overfeeding expert.

Apparently in my zeal to give my shrimp the best life, I have grown a giant colony of copepods which I am worried may harm my first ever newborn shrimplets (which could hatch at any time). I've read that copepods are opportunists who will eat weaker shrimplets if given the chance. And with the amount I have in my tank rn, I foresee my first newborn babies hatching & being instantly swarmed. I also have 3 or so saddled females, soon to be berried females so I want to protect their future babies also. 

I cannot for the life of me find any recommendations on freshwater fish who won't eat shrimplets. The recommendations are always with the caveat of "but I have total ground cover/top cover so most of my shrimplets survive." I have a ton of plants & hidey holes, but I also have some grazing areas where it's just a small patch of substrate since my shrimp love to be fed in those areas. I just started with 15 shrimp, so I don't have a huge colony and can't afford for any babies to be eaten rn. 

I do have an albino bristlenose pleco who is very tiny, but she is a lazy betch and hasn't impacted the copepod population. I should also note I am using a 2g nanotank at the moment. It's a mixed tank with cherries, yellows & blue rilli so I can get a lot of different offspring to separate out and form colonies from in bigger 30g tanks. 

Here are the fish I have heard work great, but may eat *some* shrimplets:

Endlers (males or fry)

Ruby tetras

Rasboras

Pygmy corys

Rocket killifish (clownfish)

Hatchetfish 

Otocinclus

Ember tetras

Neon green tetras

Gold ring danios

Lowlight danios

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Whoopsies! Posted this in the wrong forum. I posted to the general discussion board - please disregard or delete this one.

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