What on earth is this

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 10:52 am

My tanks never cease to amaze me with critters. Does anyone have any idea whatthese things are. they are on the glass in several places. There seems to be 2 different shapes here. And they are VERY tiny, smaller then a grain of salt moving to and fro.

danielmiller82 · Post by **danielmiller82** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:09 am

those are 'pods(Amphipods..copopods etc)...I have lots of them too...that means your tank is healthy!
Here is a shot of some of mine

ShagMan · Post by **ShagMan** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 2:49 pm

The item you have marked as "big pod" is almsot for certain a small bristle worm.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:26 pm

The things in w1 almost look like the thing that phisher posted a week or so ago.. somthing about anal probing aliens.. should be a few threads below this one.

Phisher · Post by **Phisher** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 6:48 pm

No those are different, much smaller, I have them too. I call them water fleas,

. The ones that look like they are dragging something around have egg sacks I think.

Brandon you mustn't speak of "it" so freely, its always watching.

Joe

danielmiller82 · Post by **danielmiller82** » Fri Nov 05, 2004 11:49 pm

nah its not a bristleworm...it has long feet and long antennae

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 7:53 am

I actually see a mixture of things but see no pods at all. I see some Mysis shrimp in one picture and even see a flatworm or two. I hardly ever see copepods on the glass they are normally in the rock or under rock. I do see amphipods on the glass expecially on a new tank.

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 9:45 pm

snoopdog wrote:I actually see a mixture of things but see no pods at all. I see some Mysis shrimp in one picture and even see a flatworm or two. I hardly ever see copepods on the glass they are normally in the rock or under rock. I do see amphipods on the glass expecially on a new tank.

Ok now you are freaking me out. Please tell me you are not seeing the flat worms on my tank pics. If so please tell me where you see them.

Post by **snoopdog** » Sat Nov 06, 2004 10:21 pm

No it was in not in your pic.

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:34 am

Ok now it is freaking me out more. There are thousands of them. Am I to be worried about this?

Post by **snoopdog** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 7:49 am

No way......if nothing else they are food. If they are a little bit sluggish looking and clear i have a few of these in my tank, they are a little bit more mature though. Normally these things are short lived and only around because there is a food source. I seriously doubt there are any left in a few weeks/month.

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:24 am

snoopdog wrote:No way......if nothing else they are food. If they are a little bit sluggish looking and clear i have a few of these in my tank, they are a little bit more mature though. Normally these things are short lived and only around because there is a food source. I seriously doubt there are any left in a few weeks/month.

Yes way, they are white and just motor around. Like I said they are just tiny little specks, but I can see them ALL over the glass, and nothing is eatting them, Could it be seed shrimp. I have several types of shrimp in the tank

Snakeman · Post by **Snakeman** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:43 am

I have some of the white flat worms in my tank and they never get out of control or hurt anything. You don't want the brown ones.

Brandon · Post by **Brandon** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 8:44 am

I've had the clear kind that look like a ghost, like in danielmiller's picture labeled 'some other kinda critter'. Had them in a 10 gallon, they didn't hurt anything, but they did reach epic porportions and then they just went away to never come back.
Shimek labels them as a harmless type of flatworm.. someone even suspected them of eating the planaria type of flatworm, but I don't know if that is true or not.

Jahdiel · Post by **Jahdiel** » Wed Nov 10, 2004 7:38 am

Oh no this aint right. Ok everyone, I'm way outta my league here. the tank is COVERED in these things, and if you look closer now there is some kind of elongated thing on the glass too.