ID please

goody · 03-04-2008, 12:16 AM

I ordered some bottles of copepods/amphipods from ebay last week and I've noticed some pretty nice sized creatures (1/8"-1/4") swimming around my tank and sump. They look like a very thin, flat pill bug or rollie pollie and they swim upside down. Any idea what they are? They look too big for my fish to eat, so should I just let them be?

Here's the best pic I could get.
http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...quarium160.jpg

vdituri · 03-04-2008, 12:32 AM

Sounds like pods. Leave em be. The fish will find a way to eat them.
My 6line wrasse has a tiny mouth but he's first in line when one of those guys hits the water.

charlesr1958 · 03-04-2008, 01:41 AM

An Isopod. For more information please see the zooplankton section of my hitch hiker pages.
Chuck

revhard05 · 03-20-2008, 11:25 PM

i just had a amipod? spawn in the last 2 hours? what to do?

03-04-2008, 12:16 AM	#1 (permalink)
goody Star Polyps Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 157 View Gallery Karma Komment	ID please I ordered some bottles of copepods/amphipods from ebay last week and I've noticed some pretty nice sized creatures (1/8"-1/4") swimming around my tank and sump. They look like a very thin, flat pill bug or rollie pollie and they swim upside down. Any idea what they are? They look too big for my fish to eat, so should I just let them be? Here's the best pic I could get. http://i264.photobucket.com/albums/i...quarium160.jpg

03-04-2008, 12:32 AM	#2 (permalink)
vdituri Excellent Guesser :D Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sacramento California Posts: 5,772 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ID please Sounds like pods. Leave em be. The fish will find a way to eat them. My 6line wrasse has a tiny mouth but he's first in line when one of those guys hits the water. __________________ Victor ----- People come into our lives for a reason, a season or a lifetime. When you know which one it is, you will know what to do for that person. When someone is in your life for a REASON, it is usually to meet a need you have expressed. They have come to assist you through a difficulty, to provide you with guidance and support, to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually. They may seem like a godsend and they are. They are there for the reason you need them to be. Then, without any wrongdoing on your part or at an inconvenient time, this person will say or do something to bring the relationship to an end. What we must realize is that our need has been met, our desire fulfilled, their work is done. The prayer you sent up has been answered and now it is time to move on.

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charlesr1958 Sea Pen Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Mactan Island, The Philippines Posts: 329 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: ID please An Isopod. For more information please see the zooplankton section of my hitch hiker pages. Chuck __________________ __________________________________________ Chuck's Addiction Reef & Reef Aquarium Articles and Links

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revhard05 Midas Blenny Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: chattanooga tn Posts: 113 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: ID please i just had a amipod? spawn in the last 2 hours? what to do?

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