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Old 09-09-2009, 02:56 PM   #1
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Sea bugs?????

Alright so I was looking at my 8g BioCube that just finished cycling and it has some what look like little grey insects crawling around the LR and the sand and stuff. What can they be???

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Well thats good but what are they?
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Old 09-09-2009, 03:19 PM   #4
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Well thats good but what are they?
sorry... lol

sounds like normal pods to me. after my tank cycled, they were everywhere... all over the glass, rocks, etc.. Now they are not so much on the glass but all over my rocks and stuff at night.
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sorry... lol

sounds like normal pods to me. after my tank cycled, they were everywhere... all over the glass, rocks, etc.. Now they are not so much on the glass but all over my rocks and stuff at night.
Cool, thnk you, they look like they are amphipods so now Im happy, lol
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Here's a good link to what you are talking about.:
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