Little flea like bugs... Need an ID please

kyle1284 · 02/13/2010, 10:32 PM

Pictures will come tomorrow morning when the lights come on tomorrow. They are smaller than a flea and seem to have a reddish tint to them... None of my corals are stressed out .all polyps are extended . They can move pretty fast scurrying accross the glass. The front glass is the only place I can see them and they only moved when something got close to them IE a snail or a pod. Any advise is great! Thanks!!

FranktheTankTx · 02/13/2010, 10:39 PM

Red bugs?

Octoshark · 02/13/2010, 10:58 PM

Pictures will be best, you dont think they are copepods?

BigRedSpecial · 02/14/2010, 12:38 AM

Sounds like redbugs to me... do you have any acros?

on the other hand, the fact that they're on the glass sounds like a unique species of copepod.

divewsharks · 02/14/2010, 01:58 AM

could be an amphipod or isopod; but with pics no way to tell.

Na-H2O · 02/14/2010, 02:00 AM

Picture my friend.

BigRedSpecial · 02/14/2010, 09:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by divewsharks

could be an amphipod or isopod; but with pics no way to tell.

Smaller than a flea would rule out amphipods and isopods, imo.

kyle1284 · 02/15/2010, 12:58 AM

It is so hard to get a good picture. They are maybe half the size of a flee. Do redbugs move fast?

artemus · 02/15/2010, 01:01 AM

Look like this??

lordofthereef · 02/15/2010, 03:19 AM

+1 on what sounds like redbugs. Still waiting on a pic though

rkb · 02/15/2010, 05:36 AM

I had the exact sounding little critters scurring about on one of my tanks. IMO, they just another of many plankton type pods that arrive on LR. Unless you find them attached and feeding on your acros then I'd say- as long as they are around you won't need to feed your corals as much.

02/13/2010, 10:32 PM	#1
kyle1284 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston. Cypress area Posts: 260	Little flea like bugs... Need an ID please Pictures will come tomorrow morning when the lights come on tomorrow. They are smaller than a flea and seem to have a reddish tint to them... None of my corals are stressed out .all polyps are extended . They can move pretty fast scurrying accross the glass. The front glass is the only place I can see them and they only moved when something got close to them IE a snail or a pod. Any advise is great! Thanks!! __________________ Every day above ground is a good day... Current Tank Info: 210 SPS dominating tank. 280 Gallons total volume

02/13/2010, 10:39 PM	#2
FranktheTankTx Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 2,306	Red bugs? __________________ Frank the Tank "What, I thought we were in the trust tree... in the nest? Are we not?" Current Tank Info: Custom Rimless 60g (30.5"x24.5"x18.5")

02/13/2010, 10:58 PM	#3
Octoshark Marine Biology Student Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Posts: 1,366	Pictures will be best, you dont think they are copepods? __________________ "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal."

02/14/2010, 12:38 AM	#4
BigRedSpecial Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: St. John's, Newfoundland Posts: 405	Sounds like redbugs to me... do you have any acros? on the other hand, the fact that they're on the glass sounds like a unique species of copepod. __________________ My progression: 10g/T8 NO to PC; 20h/PC to T5; 45 corner/55 sump/kessil

02/15/2010, 12:58 AM	#8
kyle1284 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston. Cypress area Posts: 260	It is so hard to get a good picture. They are maybe half the size of a flee. Do redbugs move fast? __________________ Every day above ground is a good day... Current Tank Info: 210 SPS dominating tank. 280 Gallons total volume

02/14/2010, 01:58 AM	#5
divewsharks Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 1,905	could be an amphipod or isopod; but with pics no way to tell.

02/14/2010, 02:00 AM	#6
Na-H2O Registered Member. Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 135	Picture my friend.

02/15/2010, 01:01 AM	#9
artemus Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Arkansas Posts: 68	Look like this?? __________________ I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. - Thomas A. Edison Current Tank Info: 175 Oceanic Bow front, 3x 250w 14k SE/IceCap ballast, ReefKeeper Elite v2, Reeflo Orca 250, GEO 612 Calcium Reactor, Korallin BioDenitrator, 2x VorTech MP40w, 200 lbs live rock, 120 lbs sand, 55g sump, currently working on fully stocking..

02/15/2010, 03:19 AM	#10
lordofthereef One reef to rule them all Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Leominster, MA Posts: 5,299	+1 on what sounds like redbugs. Still waiting on a pic though __________________ "A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than you love yourself" ~ Josh Billings Visit My Home page for current build thread (click my user name and select "Visit LordoftheReef's Homepage" in the drop down menu!

02/15/2010, 05:36 AM	#11
rkb Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Western Hemisphere Posts: 578	I had the exact sounding little critters scurring about on one of my tanks. IMO, they just another of many plankton type pods that arrive on LR. Unless you find them attached and feeding on your acros then I'd say- as long as they are around you won't need to feed your corals as much. __________________ Current tank: Eleventy billion gallon tank with a DSB of rainbow gravel and one tiny blue tang...