Another type of thing...

[kathywithbirds]

How about this one? We're saying bristleworm. This and the flatworm are in the 5g. These are infesting the 5g. What will eat them?

 

[kathywithbirds]

It's near to impossible to photograph. It kind of looks like a cross between a flea and a shrimp. Crawling, not swimming. Ampiphod?

 

[Dentoid]

Your description leads me to believe it is an amphipod.

 

[kathywithbirds]

Quote from reeflounge.com:

"if you have overwhelming populations then i would say get some arrow grabs...but if you have like 50, i guarantee that you'll never have a dirty sandbed!"

Gee, i might want to borrow some!!! But Flippy would have himself a feast!!

 

[kathywithbirds]

Thanks Scott, it's body is a lengthened triangle, mostly clearish with some darker areas in the middle/front of the "triangle". There's antennae like appendages in the front, I can't really make out if there's any sort of shape to the tail end or not. Does that lend to your conclusion?

Oh, and the body does look segmented much like a lobster's.

 

[Dentoid]

I wouldn't try to control these with arrow crabs unless it's a fishless tank. Most fish will eat these. I guess a mantis would eat them too! "A kid 'ill eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"

 

[DrHank]

Sounds like a pod (good thing if it is). Look at this and see if it helps.

UM

 

[sasquatch]

Its not poo again is it?

 

[Dentoid]

They come in many different sizes and shapes. Is it scurrying around?

 

[Dentoid]

Sounds like a pod (good thing if it is). Look at this and see if it helps.

UM

Dr. Hank, the author of that article, Dr Adelaide Rhodes raises copepods and sells them through her internet site. I have bought from her, she has quality strains of copepods.

 

[kathywithbirds]

They are scurrying like there's no tomorrow. And Doc's link has pics that look more like them than the bristleworm sites I've looked at.

And no, Steve, it's not poo. But I'll let you know when they do.

 

[DrHank]

Yes, I think that you mentioned that in another thread. Will probably get some for my fuge once the rest of my problems are corrected.

 

[Dentoid]

Amphipods are much bigger than copepods. Copepods are about the size of a pin head, amphipods are 3-6mm. If you can see the segmented body and legs etc with your naked eye (no joking please), then they are most likely amphipods.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Here's a pic I took of one of the amphipods in my tank. Thought a little larger picture might help. I wouldn't worry about them. Population wax an dwane and I've actually never seen a population get too big so that they were problematic.

Here's one I took of a little closer than the one above of one I took of one of the amphipods in my tank.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Here's a pic a little closer up of an amphipod in my tank. Might make it a little easier to see it.

 

[seahorsedreams]

This is a pic I took of one of the amphipods in my tank. Thought it might help to have a bigger picture.

 

[seahorsedreams]

Here's a pic I took of an amphipod in my tank. Might help to have a bigger pic.

 

[kathywithbirds]

Thanks for the (four...) pics, seahorse!! The ones in the 5 are just too small to make a match to those. I'll have to wait and see if they get bigger.

Scott, do we need to make a thread on amphipod porn?

 

[Dentoid]

Scott, do we need to make a thread on amphipod porn?

:LOL: