SaltwaterNoob17
Reefing newb
I went down to the beach today and collected a bunch of "sand fleas" and put them in my 10 gallon QT (no-longer QT) tank. I thought I could breed them and feed them to my fish. Is that safe? They are just pods right?
They range in size from the size of a pinhead to the size of a nickel.
They look like this:
I've seen a gazillion that look exactly like those on the east coast too.
Anytime you take something directly from the ocean and put it in your tank you are taking a huge risk that you will introduce parasites or something harmful.
You also get into the "invasive species" issue. What lives in limited numbers on the temperate coast of the USA may go berserk and start killing in your tank that simulates an Indonesian or Caribbean reef.