bug thing...

[mark78]

Any ideas what this may be? I tried to get a photo but my camaras not that good. Will try again when I get batterys. They are about 1mm long, and look like this...the shape and legs are clear to the naked eye.

 

[Anonymous]

Prolly a mysis shrimp or and amphipod. Whatever kind of "pod" it is is a good thing! You want these little critters in your tank. They will breed and supply you fish with a supplemental natural diet. They also help clean a little bit.

Louey

 

[mark78]

Yah I was just wondering what it was, much bigger then the small white dot pods I am used to seeing. 10g nano with no fish or anything, so they are multiplying quite rapidly at the moment

 

[davido]

it {also} looks like nudibranches,
watch that article it have pictures .
i hope it is not .http://www.reeffarmers.com/tracygraynudi01.htm[/url]

 

[davido]

it {also} looks like nudibranches,
watch that article it have pictures .
i hope it is not .http://www.reeffarmers.com/tracygraynudi01.htm[/url]

 

[Anonymous]

Nope they're pods and if the drawing is somewhat representative of the critters it looks more like a species of isopods.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

Isopods, flattened like a pancake.
Amphipods, flattened like a book standing up.

 

[hdtran]

Matt, (or David)

If an isopod is flat, and an amphipod is skinny, then, what does a copepod look like?

Hy

 

[Anonymous]

I used to have pics of all these things on my Site but alas no more.

http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/amphbiol.html

http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/isopogal.html

http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoomorphology/Biology.html

The problem is most people call 'em all pods, copepods or interchange the terms. I just tend to be picky.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[ricky1414]

I found this in my tank!!! :lol:
Just kidding, they are good for your tank.

 

[Anonymous]

Hy,
I definitely defer to David on all the Bio questions.

I would say copepods are like little spheres, not flattened in any way. I agree with David that it's a bit vague to say "pod". Although it usually is referring to amphipods and copepods, it could just as easily mean stomatopods, decapods, etc.

FWIW, there are some temperate water amphi- and isopods out here in Bodega Bay that are big enough to be a single meal for some of my fish.

 

[Anonymous]

Matt, (or David)

If an isopod is flat, and an amphipod is skinny, then, what does a copepod look like?

Hy

i'm pretty sure if ya google (image) 'cyclops copepod' you'll see a fairly good representive of the general shape of copepods