pods?

[matt b]

ok this a really dump question i have a 55 and its my first reef and its got these white/clear bugs everywhere..

 

[cprdnick]

Yup, Copepods most likely.

 

[matt b]

Originally Posted by cprdnick
Yup, Copepods most likely.
ok then good bcus i have SOOOOO many

 

[nycbob]

they r good stuff. i wish i hv more for my mandarin.

 

[cprdnick]

I didn't get to see the picture from my computer at work. Those look from here more like Isopods. Equally good, but different species. Do they look like little ants or more like a rolly polly?

 

[matt b]

most of them look like ants

 

[cprdnick]

Isopods, I don't think Copepods are usually seen on the glass anyway. At night, shine a flashlight in your tank at the sandbed and rocks, you should see an amazingly large number of Copepods there, they'll be a little bigger than the others.

 

[matt b]

Originally Posted by cprdnick
Isopods, I don't think Copepods are usually seen on the glass anyway. At night, shine a flashlight in your tank at the sandbed and rocks, you should see an amazingly large number of Copepods there, they'll be a little bigger than the others.
ok and u should see my fuge they cant even move theres so many

 

[cprdnick]

That's awesome, how old is the tank?

 

[matt b]

Originally Posted by cprdnick
That's awesome, how old is the tank?
really really old i would say about a month!! lol

 

[hunted]

thats awesome they are a good thing, I have a sh-t load of then growing in my 55 horse tank, minus the horses they haven't arrived yet

, I've also been hatching baby brine and throwing them in as well, need lots of food and variety when they arrive

 

[hunted]

 

[hunted]

there we go thats 100

 

[cprdnick]

lol, congrats hunted, I thought I'd never make it there once too, lol.

 

[hunted]

Originally Posted by cprdnick
lol, congrats hunted, I thought I'd never make it there once too, lol.
I see you've made it there and far beyond

And by the way cool avatar, I notice that one every time i'm looking through the threads.

 

[matt b]

well every1 is in this thread so can sum1 look at my sump design in my yay new tank thread