SkinnyPete
Aquarium Advice Freak
So, I've got a few types of pods in my system right now and I was hoping you would all help me id one specific bug that I can't. I jump started my fuge a year ago with chaeto and rock rubble from refugiums off of 2 different local reefer's established tanks - so, I'm not sure EXACTLY what they had in there. Only now has my fuge really shown signs of a lot of different life. Recently, I've seen small snails and mini stars (posted a thread relating to the mini stars yesterday). I know amphipods. I have tons of them, and I know what they look like. They are big, very distinct curled shape bugs and easy to spot. I never see them on my glass, just on rock and sand. There is another 'pod' that I see on my glass. They are little almost ant-like looking things on the glass. Now, I've always assumed that they were copepods, but after reading today most people say that copepods are tiny, tiny, tiny critters that are barely seen by the eye. I would assume these are the teeny dots that move on the glass if you're lucky enough to focus your eyes correctly and see them move. I've had a mandarin that does NOT eat frozen foods for about 9 months now, so I'm sure I have lots of copepods. These other ant-like 'pods' are NOT that small. You can see them pretty easily. They are literally the size of a small ant, not a big carpenter ant but your basic little black ant. Are these just adult copepods? Do copepods grow thsi big? This is probably a stupid question but could these be mysid shrimp maybe? I don't really know what mysid shrimp look like and since this come from an established fuge, I thought it may be a possiblity. I wish I could get a pic, but my camera wont focus on something that small.
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