Martin's RSM 130

[Monkeyboy]

Possible, unfortunatly i think unexplained losses are part of this hobby.

 

[Reefmack]

You may never know what happened with the goby. The clean up crew can make a pretty quick job of working on a deceased fish, and may not have been the actual cause. Had the goby been eating?

 

[earthlysage]

He was busy sifting sand through his gills and did not eat the fish food i was feeding my clownfish but he was eating some hair algae and was very mobile!! DIgging burrows

 

[Reefmack]

Maybe there just wasn't enough micro life established in the sand to sustain him. Tough to say what caused it.

 

[earthlysage]

What is this fuzzy grey stuff growin on my rock?

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

just a guess... but maybe dead sponge...

 

[earthlysage]

Just started growing though, i just noticed it today? ha

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

If it's grey & just started growing... hmmm - maybe some other members will have an id.

 

[Reefmack]

On my screen I see green parts and pink (coralline), along with a few tube worm threads. I'm not sure what part to look at. I see a bit of fuzzy grey stuff on the left edge of the rock - no idea what it is.

 

[earthlysage]

Ya i'm talking about the stuff on the left side!! Weird!

 

[Reefmack]

OK - I'm not sure what that is.

 

[earthlysage]

Haha that's ok, and i just found an explosion of mites on my glass today, never was there before but my clownfish and snails are eating it and they don't seem to be a nuisance! I'm pretty sure theyre amphipods...super super small and white!

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

Pods are good

Melev's Reef - Visual Identification

 

[earthlysage]

They don't look like that unless that's magnified they are SUPER DUPER TINY!!! like ridiculously small

 

[Reefmack]

That picture is magnified - pods are really tiny. Probably copepods, but may isopods also. Amphipods are larger (as adults) and seem to stay on the bottom.

Melevsreef.com - Copepod

Melevsreef.com - Isopod

Melevsreef.com - Amphipod

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/amphipod4.jpg

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

as Terry said... enlarged... see the penny reference

 

[earthlysage]

Ya theyre most likely the copepods...thanks again

 

[nanoreefing4fun]

You are very welcome ! copepods are great - wish I had more !

 

[Reefmack]

Great fish food - I wish I had more too!

 

[earthlysage]

Ya for sure, my clownfish just pick at em all day Love how my reef is just an ecosystem and stuff is growing every week that i find i didn't add and i get to learn about it!! So awesome...Copepods just grow on their own? or can i do something to help them multiply!