Please ID this for me.

[minitrucke]

All of a sudden I have a lot of these little tiny white things crawling around on the side of my tank they seem to have a 2 piece body several legs and antenna it looks like a they may also have a tail although it it very hard to see them as they are very small and this is with using a magnifighing glass and they are too tiny to take a picture of, Does anybody have any idea of what this might be?

 

[viper_930]

Do a search for "pod" to find some pics to see if it's it.

 

[minitrucke]

Well I didnt really find anything that looks like these. Heres a pic and this is the best one I could get. Any ideas?

 

[duke13]

Looks like a type of pod to me.

 

[minitrucke]

are pods a bad thing??

 

[duke13]

Pods are a very good thing. Ultimately, they are food for other critters.

 

[d12monkey]

Originally posted by Duke13
Pods are a very good thing. Ultimately, they are food for other critters.
:yes: They are a very good thing.

 

[minitrucke]

Well, what eats them?
Thanks for the replies guys!

 

[duke13]

Fish and inverts will eat them. In particular, Mandarin Dragonets will dine almost exclusively on them.