Green algae?
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That is algae. And from the looks of it this is a fairly new tank. So this is to be expected. What kind of clean up crew Dow you have? Red banded trochus snails are great. And as far as copepods and amphipods I don't believe it can ever be to many. It's a great sign to have a lot.
The green color you see is algae, completely safe and normal. As far as the "pods" please try to get a clear picture, so the get on the glass? To me they appear to possibly be flat worms.
Mandarin's are a no-no for new-ish tanks. They can chow through a ton of pods and a population like that takes time to develop. How old is you tank? The algae does lok like the standard "new tank uglies" but there are things that can help you out with it.
How big is the tank? How bout a full tank shot? If you really want to do Mandarin's, I would look in to a 'copepod hotel' They're these little contraptions that you can buy or make to house pods. Fish can't get at them and it's a good tool that you can use to ensure that there's always a population in the tank for things like mandarin's and other dragonets. Buys some pods, get a 'hotel' or two and that will help jump start and ageing the system for those very specific eaters.
Very cool!
That's awesome
Those are pods! That's a good thing, although they are not the kind on pods that mandarin eat, these are much bigger. Mandarin eat copepods, the ones you have are amphapods possibly.
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