Tricky one for you

[Kristall-99]

I First caught a glimpse of this when i brought home a rock with some mushrooms on it from the lfs. Its moved to 2 different rocks this being the last. Im ruling out bristle worms as they are more centipede like. Im just undure what this/they are. Im not sure if its all one animal or 3 small ones together.

 

[Innovator]

It's an anaconda!!! :O Ok, it's not. Looks to be a common micro brittle star.

 

[Mitchell0605]

lol

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

Nope... not tricky at all. Like Innovator says, it's just 3 legs of a small brittle star, looking for food.

 

[Kristall-99]

well bummer. hope i got you all. I haven't been able to see the full thing yet so i couldn't be sure. It crossed my mind but again i hadnt seen the full thing yet.

Thanks!

 

[cmor1701d]

James showing a sense of humor
And is correct as always

 

[Kristall-99]

I will test you guys again with another picture. I was looking around for my shrimp when i saw him hiding around with these little guys. Theres very little/no current in this area and they look like tiny fish

 

[cmor1701d]

Hard for these eyes to tell for sure, but they look like pods. Check out these two articles

Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium by Dr. Ron Shimek (2002)

You Can't Tell Your "Pods" Without A Program... by Dr. Ron Shimek (2004)

 

[mfdrookie516]

could they be tiny fish?

 

[Kristall-99]

they could. ive never saw and orange-ish eggs from my 2 clowns as thats the only fish i have but im pretty sure that my male is still to young to reproduce. Ive never seen my shrimp tucked away in his spot and he hasn't moved since i last say him a few hours ago. What do baby shrimp look like? Are shrimp Asexual?

 

[sarahh]

man i'ma need glasses.. i was like.. a rock? .. some floating sand?... oh!!

 

[Kristall-99]

haha your telling me. at first i couldnt tell what it was either. i saw little "things" circulating around each other till i stared loinger and noticed it was some sort of organism. And yea magnification is needed. Even with my DSLR its tough to get a good light, mm to get a half decent picture.

 

[Kristall-99]

Hard for these eyes to tell for sure, but they look like pods. Check out these two articles

Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium by Dr. Ron Shimek (2002)

You Can't Tell Your "Pods" Without A Program... by Dr. Ron Shimek (2004)

I was thinking its some sort of pod aswell but with them being so tiny its hard to tell. Its in the back corner of the tank so not much light gets there aswell. Guess sill just hafta wait and see.

 

[thincat]

Here's a picture of one of my ministars:

normally all you see are their legs.lol

 

[Mitchell0605]

6 legs?!? What kinda mutants are you breeding there TC? lol

 

[thincat]

The inbred kind! It's funny because even my Linckia Multifasa has six legs. Must be the water. I must get myself a starfish test kit. You know what they say, " Don't add it if you can't test for it....LOL

 

[Mitchell0605]

lol It would come back with some dodgy results indeed.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

could they be tiny fish?

I have to wonder about that too.

At first I thought they were just copepods, but when you look at the full size picture, it sure looks like you can see an eye-spot on them and the shape looks kind of fish-like. The shape doesn't look like any pod I've seen. Never seen baby shrimp though. (Yes... shrimp are asexual.)

 

[thincat]

My CBS pair spawn all the time. Makes for extra protein. The thing that's confusing is that when my CBS (coral banded shrimp) spawn it would cause all the fish to go into a frensy trying to eat as many as possible.

 

[thincat]

To add to my other post. the thing that's different is that your fish don't seem to want any??