Amphipods - too many

[KLKelly]

Another weird question for you guys:

We found out we (actually DH) was seriously overfeeding the mysis shrimp/phytoplankton.  Anyways we have a ton of amphipods - they are everywhere.  Since we've cut back on the mysis shrimp to a couple for the pompom crab only... will these amphipods be competition to the snails and scarlett hermits in the tank?  We have gotten rid of all the algae except for a kind on the substrate that we have been told is due to the overfeeding.  The snails and hermits don't touch that stuff.

What do you guys think?

[lis_]

Sounds like you are on the right track as an abundance of Amphipods and Copepods is a sign of a healthy tank

Lisa

ps: I have found WWM to be an invaluable source for information when learning about these and other little critters...creepy as they are 

[gvv]

I would not worry when you have tons of pods, I would worry in the opposite case...

Regards