tiny little bugs ... no pods

[so-smrt]

ok so in my 20 gal i noticed these tiny little "bugs" never saw anything like them. they arent pods and never had/noticed them in my 75g. little and brown. though they were brown algie on the glass but noticed when looked at closly the they were moving indpendant of the current. any thoughts? just lost 2 fish to ICK ... i think could those things have anything to do w/ it ?

[Ping]

It may be flatworms.

[p00num3lli]

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[CoryDude]

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Hey p00num3lli, I don't remember you posting pics on any of your threads last week. Ha Ha. I guess you know how to do it now?

[CoryDude]

Sure they weren't copepod's? A lot of people get them and amphipods mixed up. Amphipods are the shrimp like creatures scurrying over the rocks at night. Copepods are smaller and either swim w/a jerky motion or crawl over the rocks. Just a guess.

Cory

[so-smrt]

pics would be great but unfortinatly i dont have a camera that would show enough detail. and i have no doubt they arent pods.... anyway here is the best i can do in terms of a pic.

pretend the space below is my glass...

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hope that helps lol!

[zcatzmeow]

So those markings make up what one of those bugs look like?

To me that is classic acoel flatworm shape. Try a google of the name and see if that matches what you are seeing.

:)

[zcatzmeow]

Sure they weren't copepod's? A lot of people get them and amphipods mixed up. Amphipods are the shrimp like creatures scurrying over the rocks at night. Copepods are smaller and either swim w/a jerky motion or crawl over the rocks. Just a guess.

Cory

Cory,

What are you doing with my name? :lauging:


zcatzmeow, aka - Cory

[CoryDude]

Cory,

What are you doing with my name? :lauging:


zcatzmeow, aka - Cory

Same spelling too. Usually there's an "e" in it.

[zcatzmeow]

Same spelling too. Usually there's an "e" in it.

So true. But I bet we have one difference....you are probably a guy right? I've only come across one other female Cory in my life. :)

[CoryDude]

So true. But I bet we have one difference....you are probably a guy right? I've only come across one other female Cory in my life. :)

Well, my wife says I'm completely metro, but yeah I'm a guy. Just saw the thread w/your cube tank. Hope the blue sea fan's doing well.

Sorry, I didn't mean to hijack the thread.

[john C]

THIS SHOULD HELP ITS FRM GREENMAKO ReefParasites.ppt (http://maast.org/upload/ReefParasites.ppt)

[CoryDude]

Leave it to greenmako. That's a very good presentation.

[bigmoe21]

my girlfriend has a female friend named cory im sure theres plenty of you "guys"

So true. But I bet we have one difference....you are probably a guy right? I've only come across one other female Cory in my life. :)

[so-smrt]

thanks for the help i think they are indeed flat worms. "little pac-man ghosts"* rumor has it the green mandrains may eat them ... any truth to that? what about the blue velevt Nudibranch are they difficult to aclimate and or keep alive? i wan to use a non chemical treatment and there arent many of them, now anyway...oh yea and i ust to work w/ a guy whos wifes name is cory... i can only asume she was a woman.

[zcatzmeow]

So cool! Us females should make a Cory club :bigsmile:

My Mandarin ate my flatworms. Beemer (Mandarin) had to go into the fuge for a couple days and he cleaned out all the flatworms. Also I notice that in the main tank, no flatworms, but there are flatworms in the fuge. So I'm assuming Beemer eats any that make into the main tank.
I had (have) the stupid copepod eating ones and they drive me crazy :at_wits_end: I can kill off one generation of them at a time but that's it. A week or so later, there are baby ones again.

The Flatworm Exit stuff works, but again only for one generation and I just hate putting meds or treatments in my tank so I guess I'm not using it often enough to kill them off for good.