ID Tiny Creepy Crawlers on Glass

[TheTodd]

Please ignore the nasty looking tank in the background. It's my 240g that was fallow for 2+ months lately. It's got all sorts of algae growing.

So, today, I am cleaning the glass and see a bunch of tiny (like maybe a millimeter) white worm-looking things crawling all over the glass. I've never seen these before. Anyone know? This is the closest shot I could get on my phone...

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[TheTodd]

From further back


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[54seaweed]

look like isopods to me .

Pods

looks like you have a nice colony established fish are going to have a feast

 

[TheTodd]

I am reading up on them and it sounds like they swim. These look like little worms. They move, but along the glass, not swimming like Copepods or amphipods do.

I got a video but am not sure how to send through this sites emails.

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[54seaweed]

try to see if they resemble any of these
/critters/pods

 

[TheTodd]

No. These move more like a slug or flatworm. They do not look "shrimpy" at all.


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[melosu58]

You Can't Tell Your "Pods" Without A Program by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

 

[TheTodd]

The Isopod pic on the right kinda looks like them but mine don't appear to have the legs. Maybe mine will get larger and I will be able to see more? The parasite part kinda worried me.


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