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demodiki
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 08:20 PM
I found this tiny, clear bug floating in my tank tonight. Any ideas what it might be?
http://img361.imageshack.us/img361/5679/picture2480hz.th.jpg (http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2480hz.jpg)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/6103/picture2476dr.th.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2476dr.jpg)
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/4687/picture2443tz.th.jpg (http://img44.imageshack.us/my.php?image=picture2443tz.jpg)

Sorry for the bad pictures but it's as good as I can get with our crappy camera.
GaryP
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 08:22 PM
Looks like an amphipod.
Reef69
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 08:23 PM
Yep.
demodiki
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 10:15 PM
Wow, that thing was awful big. I read this morning on WWM, Bob Fenner saying something about looking at your tank with a flashlight at night and how you'll be amazed and horrified at the same time.

Well, tonight we were both amazed and horrified at the same time.

Where did all these bugs come from? And WHAT was that worm doing under the zoos?!?!

LOL we've never seen stuff like this in the tank before :)
TexasState
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 11:44 PM
Looked like a good snack, toasted amphipod. Just kidding, it's good for your tank so throw it back in. It probably came from your live rocks.
manny
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 11:45 PM
thats cool lookin. is it an actual amphipod or the shell from somethin molting gary (or whoever else might know)?
TexasState
Tue, 9th Aug 2005, 11:55 PM
They'll usually twitch if they're still alive
GaryP
Wed, 10th Aug 2005, 12:43 AM
I find them in my sock filter all the time. I put them back in the tank and the fish go crazy chasing them.
demodiki
Wed, 10th Aug 2005, 10:14 AM
(Wife here) When we found that thing last night, my first reaction was, "That thing is so gross! I hope it didn't come from the tank!" Then I thought about it... "Oh lord, I sure hope it didn't come from the house either!!!"

;) :lol

It is so big compared to the other teensy critters we've been suddenly finding that I didn't think it could be a saltwater bug. Bleh, I still think it's ugly :)

We got new lights just about a week and a half ago and all of a sudden we are finding all kinds of crazy things in the tank! We had some super-cheap lights, whatever came with the tank, for the last six months that we've had the tank. Now we have power compacts, and it's amazing the growth boom in the tank. Our few lil zoos look so much better now, too - healthier.