It's An Invasion Of ...what???

meowzer

meowzer

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OK, this is probably going to be impossible...I was just looking in the sump and saw thousand of itty bitty things swimming around....Don't suppose anyone would know what they are...LOL...They are too tiny to get pics..I tried through a magnifying glass and everything .....I don't even know how to describe them

they are actually smaller then the copepods and they swim
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by TeresaQ
http:///forum/post/3053410
do you have any crabs or snails down there. could be larva.
Could it be mysis??
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I have a Monkey Shrimp, Peppermint shrimp, cerith and nassarius snails, a bumble bee snail....lots of amphipods and copepods...oh and lots of bristleworms....I have no clue.....oh and 2 pencil urchins
Yet another wonder of the aquarium world
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Do they swarm? And when you disturb them they split and then all come back to swarm again.... go try.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by Cranberry
http:///forum/post/3053428
Were they headed towards light?
IDK...I just looked in the sump and saw bunches of these little things...Most had gotten into the return side..that is why I was thinking they are sucked up, plus I can't see that many anymore...The light in the dt is off, fuge is on...they were in the pump side

It's kinda hard since I couldn't get a pic...I tried...
 
ophiura

ophiura

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It is quite possible they are copepods...there are loads and loads of types of copepods and many are exceedingly (microscopically) small.
 
meowzer

meowzer

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Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3053927
It is quite possible they are copepods...there are loads and loads of types of copepods and many are exceedingly (microscopically) small.
Ones that swim too??? I thought copepods only crawled.....well they are gone now....I think...LOL
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Copepods are found in the water column, on surfaces and between sand grains. Not the same species, but as a group they can be found in many areas.
 
cranberry

cranberry

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Originally Posted by ophiura
http:///forum/post/3053927
It is quite possible they are copepods...there are loads and loads of types of copepods and many are exceedingly (microscopically) small.
Yes, but I wouldn't expect copepods to just show up and then be swept away.
 
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