Frickin' Sea Lice???!!!

[ryanlee]

I found lots of these crawling/swimming around in my tank. Does anyone know what they are? They were too small to take a good photo of so here is an illustration. Sorry for my poor art skills.
https://forums.saltwaterfish.com/data/a/a3/a3cef47e_vbattach172314.jpg

 

[goober_hunter]

looks like you got ants.....

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it probably pods...

 

[reefkprz]

Amphipod benificial "sea lice"

 

[bullitr]

copepod is good for your tank

 

[jtwilson]

they are called "pods".... dont sweat it they are good! They eat detritus and are good snacks for your fish.

 

[babyb]

hahaha funny funny
when i first saw them i thought they were lice
i thought to my self " oh my god my tank has lice, wait how did my tank get lice, none of us have it, oh wait how do they live in salt water?"
next day i raced to the lfs and busted into the lfs and ran to my fish lady and told her all about it, yes i did feel dumb

 

[hefner413]

Nice pic though!

 

[rbrockm1]

Originally Posted by Hefner413
Nice pic though!
i must agree, best pic yet

 

[sprang]

There is actual sea lice and they sting like crap...gives me the creeps thinking about them. They give flags out on the beaches if they get to bad. Anyway glad you just have pods!