little critters

[tarnold]

A few months ago, I lost power when I was gone. Idiscovered the loss after 3 days. I lost my fish and a few corals but fortunately, I was able to save the majority of corals. I have been running the tank without fish since then.
About a week ago, I discovered numerous tiny *1/8th inch)white "bugs" on the glass. Any ideas?

 

[Ben1]

Probably amphipods or the like.

 

[Anonymous]

Without a picture one can not be certain, but they would be either a species of copepod or isopod.

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

There are other possibilities besides those two. I think I know what he's talking about. They are elongated, and have 8 or so legs. Very small and walk around just like a little bug. I have no idea what they are though. I see them in my fuge, but they're not pods of any kind.

Jim

 

[Anonymous]

There are other possibilities besides those two. I think I know what he's talking about. They are elongated, and have 8 or so legs. Very small and walk around just like a little bug. I have no idea what they are though. I see them in my fuge, but they're not pods of any kind.

Jim

If I recall there are about 7500 species of copepods and 5000 species of isopods. I wish I had a link to all the pics. :wink:

Regards,
David Mohr

 

[Anonymous]

Hmmm...I could be wrong. I'm no pod expert. :wink:
However these little critters I speak of are much different in morphology than the pods I'm thinking of. They look like a tiny white earwig, longer legs, and no pincher of course. They look for all the world like a "bug", which is different from most pods. However I'm not sure physiologically what makes a pod, a pod. :?

Jim

 

[tarnold]

Jim, you have described them exactly. They do look like little bugs.

Tom

 

[Tackett]

Hey man I know exactly what you are talking about, Ive had them in my 55 reef since the startup, they dont seem to bother anything and im sure that the corals eat them. When I havent cleaned off the front glass in a while, you can see them plain as day sitting on the glass. My opinion, they were always there you just never noticed them untill now. Check this out it is kinda cool. Shut off all the water flow, keep the lights on and make the water still in the tank. Youll see them skirting around in the still water. Just be sure to turn everything back on I even run activated carbon and they are still hanging around. (not that I am trying to get rid of them, like I said, they havent hurt anything.)