Conduits Prevent Drowned is a minimalistic configurable mod which disables drowned zombie spawns around the player when the conduit effect is active.
All available config options:
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preventDrownedInRange default 400, min 0, max 400
The euclidian distance range around the drowned where a check for a player with the conduit effect is done. A value of 400 prevents the spawning of all drowned.
You'll be able to build your underwater city in peace, without having pickles all around:
You may freely use this mod in any modpack, as long as the download remains hosted within the CurseForge or Modrinth ecosystem.
Serilum.com contains an overview and more information on all mods available.
For issues, ideas, suggestions or anything else there is the Github repo. Thanks!