Amphipods

Give your aquarium a natural boost with live amphipods — hardworking micro-crustaceans that help clean, feed, and diversify your reef system.

Amphipods are excellent detritivores, feeding on leftover food, fish waste, bacterial films, benthic algae, and other organic buildup. Because they are small and surface-dwelling, they can reach tight spaces that larger cleanup crew members often miss, including live rock crevices, frag racks, sand beds, filter socks, and areas around coral bases.

They are also a highly nutritious live food source for picky and specialized feeders such as mandarin dragonets, seahorses, pipefish, anthias, cuttlefish, and other zooplankton-eating fish. Their size makes them easy for livestock to spot and hunt, encouraging natural feeding behavior.

Our amphipods are aquacultured in a controlled environment and are pest and disease free. They are ideal for adding biodiversity to your aquarium, supporting a healthier ecosystem, or starting your own home culture for future feedings and breeding projects.

Benefits:

• Helps consume detritus, leftover food, and organic waste
• Grazes on bacterial biofilms and some nuisance algae
• Reaches tight spaces where snails, crabs, and urchins cannot
• Excellent live food for mandarins, seahorses, pipefish, anthias, and other picky feeders
• Supports biodiversity in reef and marine aquariums
• Great for refugiums, frag systems, live rock, and home cultures
• Aquacultured in a controlled, pest-free environment

Perfect for: reef tanks, refugiums, frag systems, breeding setups, picky fish, and hobbyists looking to build a more balanced aquarium ecosystem.