little things-pods and mysid

[formerly icyuodd/icyoud2]

"what are the little white bugs on my tank?" this question is asked alot on this board. so i took some pic's for future reference.

 

 

my 2.5 is crawling withpods and mysid. the mysid are very fast/small and difficult to catch on camera, so please excuse the crappy photos.

 

first the copepods-fav. food of mandarin and sea horses.

and the mysid

if you look close, you'll see a mysid shrimp to the left of this huge amphipod.

and another shot of the amphipod.

other than a few hermits, zoos and shrooms, these are the only things that live in my 2.5

anybody have pics to add?

[debbeach13]

This is a good idea. I can not add any pictures I have never seen any thing like that in my tank.

[c est ma]

Very nice pics!

 

Those are isopods, not copepods. Yet another common nano pod...

 

http://www2.una.edu/microaquarium/Crustaceans.htm

 

--Diane

[formerly icyuodd/icyoud2]

guess i have iso,cope,amphi pods in the tank. i always thought these were copepods-(sold to me as copepods) but after seeing the pics on your link. the copepods in my tank(which i have all over my glass) are too small to photograph. i assumed these isopods where just large adults. thanks for clearifing. this is a mistake i've been making for years.

 

now i've gone back and read the fine print on the bottle, it does say theres a variety of pods in the mix.