Very small critters?????? (1 Viewer)

[amarin]

I have a ton, of these almost microscopic critters all over my glass. They move pretty fast, and have a clear look to them..... I have no clue if they are good or bad, they aren't multiplying. I have a mandarin goby and they don't seem to appetize him, so I don't think they are pods. If anyone has a clue or lives in the Alvin area and wants to get a look at them, let me know.

 

[Traclly Le Tran]

Maybe isopods

*Sent from my little corner of the reef!*

 

[steveb]

typically you will see copepods (little specs moving on your glass), amphipods (usually larger unless baby) and like what was said above potentially isopods.

 

[amarin]

For what I've been reading isopods some kind of them are blood suckers. The ones on my tank are tiny, how can I identify if they are good or bad for my system?

 

[steveb]

honestly everything that I have ever seen has been an copepod or amphipod. You would have to take it and visually inspect it & compare to isopod ID pic's. Unless its attached to a fish I would not worry about it.

 

[amarin]

As a noob, I want to take the time to thank everybody on this website for all the help and support. Thanx guys!

 

[Traclly Le Tran]

hope you figure it out. would definitely be interested to see what they look like.

 

[amarin]

I live in Alvin, if you want to take a look your welcome too. Just let me know so we can make arrangements.

 

[rlpardue]

Sometimes there are also "flatworms" that appear on glass, especially in refugiums or in tanks without wrasses. Most of them are benign; the ones you worry about are either the ones that only hang out on acroporas or the ones that blanket everything.

Flatworms look kind of like a horseshoe.

 

[tektite]

Other than the typical copepods and amphipods, there is a type of good isopod as well that is extremely common in our aquariums. Not the typical parasitic one, these eat algae. In fact given an aquariun with no fish that eat them they can do a pretty good job of keeping the glass clean. They're called munnid isopods.

 

[Traclly Le Tran]

I live in Alvin, if you want to take a look your welcome too. Just let me know so we can make arrangements.

I meant in pictures lol. But thanks for the open invitation. Haha

 

[Bakapuma]

I am in the Alvin/Pearland area too. The "pods" you see on your glass are not only good, they a great!! They provide a natural food for aquatic critters and the also take in detrius, algae, diatoms, cyano.... basically micro clean up critters. I know many reefers, myself included, that cultivate an active pod population long before the introduction of other life into a system. some species of fish will only do well if there is a large population of pods for them to dine on. Pods=awesome. Welcome to the addiction

 

[amarin]

I wish I could take pictures of them. But the camera won't catch them but in person you can see them move!

 

[Fracture]

I have been having the same time of critters all over my zoa frag plugs I even saw some little white ball things that kinda look like specks if sand cracking all over the zoas last night not sure why they are but I'm hoping they are not bad