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Amphipods

Amphipods

Regular price $49.00 USD
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Each jar contains approximately 200 amphipods.

Larger than copepods, amphipods are voracious detritovores - eating fish waste, leftover food, and some forms of nuisance algae. Due to their smaller size, they can easily get into hard-to-reach areas that your snails, urchins, and crabs can't reach. Amphipods can easily fit in the crevices of your rock, behind your corals, and in every nook and cranny. In fact, amphipods are benthic - meaning they live almost exclusively on surfaces. They spend nearly 24 hours a day crawling on your sand and rocks, eating all the stuff you don't want to be there.

When it comes to picky fish and seahorses - amphipods are a favorite! Amphipods are large enough to easily see and hunt, and amphipods are highly nutritious. Finally, amphipods are a great boost to biodiversity. It's always a good idea to put as many species of helpful creatures in your tank as possible in order to consume resources that could otherwise be used by harmful pests. Amphipods fill this role beautifully, especially when combined with our other products.

Note on Shipping/Acclimation

Amphipods are shipped in jars containing a reef-safe nylon sponge (we no longer use the white filter floss you see in the picture - it was too messy). The amphipods are strongly "benthic," meaning the prefer a surface to cling to. They tend to burrow deep inside the sponge due to the stresses of shipping.

We suggest adding all the water in the jar, and placing the sponge in the sump or tank for a couple days. After a couple days, the amphipods will have migrated out of the sponge in search of food, and it can be removed if you'd like.

Please note that we intentionally fill the amphipod jars only about 1/2 of the way full with water. If part or all of the sponge is out of the water, it's perfectly fine.

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Jerry Nappi
Quality

I ordered twice so far,
About to make another order. Both orders were awesome tons of fat/healthy amphipods, the cycled rock was bigger/nicer than expected!! My 9 year old daughter absolutely loves reading the card, and seeing what sticker we received!!

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Stacy A Payovich
First time ordering from Dinkins

And won't be the last! They even sent a personal thank-you card. Amphipods arrived healthy and on time!

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Richard Macias

Product arrived alive and healthy and on time
The hand written note was a great touch
Definitely order again

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Isaac Bejar
Only Dinkins

I only get my pods from Dinkins!!! They are the best!

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Keyah Osceola

They came in and good shape no dead ones I'll definitely be ordering more