K K9coral Experienced Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 1, 2005 #1 Hey, The lights just came on in my tank and I saw what looked like a 1/2" shrimp scurry across the sand under a rock. I moved the rock and it is some type of amphipod. Is that normal for 1/2"? Seemed kinda big.
Hey, The lights just came on in my tank and I saw what looked like a 1/2" shrimp scurry across the sand under a rock. I moved the rock and it is some type of amphipod. Is that normal for 1/2"? Seemed kinda big.
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 1, 2005 #2 Yeah, the kinds that look like sowbugs can get that big.
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 1, 2005 #3 Some can get the size of your fist, but usually you can't find them among live rock.
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 1, 2005 #4 Fairly big... Attachments isopod_450.jpg 58.6 KB · Views: 3,004
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #11 DLART89":14dpowxn said: OMG, does it bite? Click to expand... Maybe, but I heard some can borrow into flesh.
DLART89":14dpowxn said: OMG, does it bite? Click to expand... Maybe, but I heard some can borrow into flesh.
K K9coral Experienced Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #12 If that thing started burrowing you would def. know it! Kinda like the ALIEN spawning! Im sure some people somewhere eat those things.
If that thing started burrowing you would def. know it! Kinda like the ALIEN spawning! Im sure some people somewhere eat those things.
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #13 Look and taste like lobster tail after you cook it.
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #14 Reef Box Etc":19wckbwq said: Look and taste like lobster tail after you cook it. Click to expand... ...and you this how?
Reef Box Etc":19wckbwq said: Look and taste like lobster tail after you cook it. Click to expand... ...and you this how?
A Anonymous Guest Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #15 fishboy19":35drvsrw said: that thing is a juvenile? How big do they get? Click to expand... They get up to 3 feet reportedly.
fishboy19":35drvsrw said: that thing is a juvenile? How big do they get? Click to expand... They get up to 3 feet reportedly.
K K9coral Experienced Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 2, 2005 #16 How was that one caught? Hook or Net or did it attack the boat?
C ctxmonitor1 Active Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 4, 2005 #18 That is one scary little pod. Do you think it will survive in a tank? lol... Who is the predator now.. hahahaha.. :lol: :lol:
That is one scary little pod. Do you think it will survive in a tank? lol... Who is the predator now.. hahahaha.. :lol: :lol:
O Oceans Ferevh Advanced Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 4, 2005 #19 Lawdawg":baupz0cx said: Click to expand... LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I swear sometimes no one appriciates you Lawdawg
Lawdawg":baupz0cx said: Click to expand... LOL! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: I swear sometimes no one appriciates you Lawdawg
O Oceans Ferevh Advanced Reefer Rating - 0% 0 0 0 Feb 4, 2005 #20 This pic came from the smithsonian.
