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franco10

Mar 6 2010, 04:12 PM

i found little thing swiming on the bottom of the tank
what are they?

carbon-mantis

Mar 6 2010, 04:15 PM

Could be anything from amphipods to Jimmy Hoffa if we don't get pictures, or at least a description.

AdrianBryce

Mar 6 2010, 05:15 PM

QUOTE (franco10 @ Mar 6 2010, 03:12 PM)

i found little thing swiming on the bottom of the tank
what are they?

LOL.....Those are called fish.

Weetabix7

Mar 6 2010, 05:23 PM

Aceteminophors

franco10

Mar 7 2010, 01:21 AM

QUOTE (carbon-mantis @ Mar 6 2010, 05:15 PM)

Could be anything from amphipods to Jimmy Hoffa if we don't get pictures, or at least a description.

TRIP23

Mar 7 2010, 01:50 AM

amphipod

hllywd

Mar 7 2010, 01:53 AM

Fish food.

TRIP23

Mar 7 2010, 01:54 AM

QUOTE (carbon-mantis @ Mar 6 2010, 06:45 PM)

Could be anything from amphipods to Jimmy Hoffa if we don't get pictures, or at least a description.

lol..... had to put that on my sig.

lakshwadeep

Mar 7 2010, 04:18 PM

QUOTE (TRIP23 @ Mar 7 2010, 12:50 AM)

amphipod

+1

franco10

Mar 7 2010, 05:36 PM

thanks for the replay are they harmful or just fish food?lol

RyanR1212

Mar 7 2010, 05:40 PM

they arent harmful at all.. they are good for your tank

juniormmm

Mar 7 2010, 05:54 PM

QUOTE (RyanR1212 @ Mar 7 2010, 05:40 PM)

they arent harmful at all..

Thats debatable

franco10

Mar 8 2010, 12:36 PM

QUOTE (juniormmm @ Mar 7 2010, 06:54 PM)

Thats debatable

why???

lakshwadeep

Mar 8 2010, 04:06 PM

They can be opportunistic on some corals, usually those that are stressed out. Also, few fish will eat the larger individuals.

juniormmm

Mar 9 2010, 01:32 AM

QUOTE (franco10 @ Mar 8 2010, 12:36 PM)

why???

Myself along with many others have had numerous problems with hordes of amphipods eating entire frags/colonies of coral. They usually attack zoa/paly, and not focusing on only sick ones either. I have seen them attack fully healthy specimens. Do a search on them here and you will see MANY reefers experiencing problems with these.

franco10

Mar 10 2010, 12:58 PM

QUOTE (juniormmm @ Mar 9 2010, 02:32 AM)

Myself along with many others have had numerous problems with hordes of amphipods eating entire frags/colonies of coral. They usually attack zoa/paly, and not focusing on only sick ones either. I have seen them attack fully healthy specimens. Do a search on them here and you will see MANY reefers experiencing problems with these.

thanks for the info