Is this a Bad Pod?

looneytunes · 12/27/2011, 01:51 PM

Hello and before anyone starts i did go through the sticky but i just don't know. So if anyone can help that would be great. i have a few of these maybe 5 not sure. Sorry this is the best picture i could get with my camera.
Thank you,
Christine

Ostridge · 12/27/2011, 02:08 PM

kinda looks like a stomatella snail to me.

Zappo · 12/27/2011, 02:23 PM

Hard to tell for sure. If it looks like a snail with just a small piece of shell on it's back then it's a stomatella as ostridge suggested. Those are great to have. It could also be some type of chiton. Try this site for some pictures to compare it to:

http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html

disc1 · 12/27/2011, 02:44 PM

The only bad buggy-looking guy that you can really tell by looking is a cirolanid isopod. Those look like little white pill-bugs with big black evil looking eyes. Look up a picture, they're impossible to miss. If it's not one of those, and it doesn't look at all like one to me, then it's most likely a good guy.

CRC88 · 12/27/2011, 02:59 PM

Sorry to Hijack this thread, but what damage will a cirolanid isopod do? I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I removed from my Refugium the other week. It reminded me of a "rolly-polli" that you'd see when you were a kid playing outside, but with evil black eyes.

Would that be why I couldn't seem to grow any Copepods in my refugium? Would it eat them?

rovster · 12/27/2011, 03:59 PM

I think they attack fish!

SushiGirl · 12/27/2011, 04:02 PM

Definitely some kind of isopod. Check this section of Chuck's Addiction.

looneytunes · 12/27/2011, 04:51 PM

thank you, i can't find anything that looks exactly like this guy. the white spots look like eyes but i think they are on his rear.

rovster · 12/27/2011, 09:14 PM

I'm pretty sure that is a stomatella snail.

I have a few in my tank.

SushiGirl · 12/27/2011, 09:31 PM

Definitely not a stomatella. It looks like a female Sphaeromatid isopod according to the drawing here, the pics on Chuck's Addiction I linked to above, and also here. Same body shape, same tail shape, no giant eyes like the Cirolanid. I doubt you'll find a pic that looks exactly like yours, most creatures are not identical and show a lot of variety within species.

12/27/2011, 02:44 PM	#4
disc1 -RT * ln(k) Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Little Rock Posts: 9,705	The only bad buggy-looking guy that you can really tell by looking is a cirolanid isopod. Those look like little white pill-bugs with big black evil looking eyes. Look up a picture, they're impossible to miss. If it's not one of those, and it doesn't look at all like one to me, then it's most likely a good guy. __________________ David Current Tank: Undergoing reconstruction...

12/27/2011, 02:59 PM	#5
CRC88 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Delaware Posts: 182	Sorry to Hijack this thread, but what damage will a cirolanid isopod do? I'm pretty sure that's exactly what I removed from my Refugium the other week. It reminded me of a "rolly-polli" that you'd see when you were a kid playing outside, but with evil black eyes. Would that be why I couldn't seem to grow any Copepods in my refugium? Would it eat them? __________________ Here goes nothin! Current tank info: 90g mixed reef w/ refugium, macro algae, 40lbs LS, 85lbs LR. Total water volume ~105gal. 4xT5 with 90W LED supplement. Reef Octo NWB150. 3,500+ GPH flow. Last edited by CRC88; 12/27/2011 at 03:20 PM.

12/27/2011, 04:02 PM	#7
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Definitely some kind of isopod. Check this section of Chuck's Addiction. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

12/27/2011, 04:51 PM	#8
looneytunes Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: nj Posts: 224	thank you, i can't find anything that looks exactly like this guy. the white spots look like eyes but i think they are on his rear. __________________ Current tank info:150g miracles tank,trigger systems custom sump,ATB Flowstar1500,SRO 2000int, and Simi the puppy faced puffer..

12/27/2011, 09:31 PM	#10
SushiGirl Premium Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Fort Worth, TX USA Posts: 8,267	Definitely not a stomatella. It looks like a female Sphaeromatid isopod according to the drawing here, the pics on Chuck's Addiction I linked to above, and also here. Same body shape, same tail shape, no giant eyes like the Cirolanid. I doubt you'll find a pic that looks exactly like yours, most creatures are not identical and show a lot of variety within species. __________________ Visit my Homepage or "My Albums" (via Profile) for hitchhiker pics. Current Tank Info: 55g softy/LPS tank & 20L reef tank

12/27/2011, 02:08 PM	#2
Ostridge Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Omaha Nebraska Posts: 107	kinda looks like a stomatella snail to me.

12/27/2011, 02:23 PM	#3
Zappo Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 582	Hard to tell for sure. If it looks like a snail with just a small piece of shell on it's back then it's a stomatella as ostridge suggested. Those are great to have. It could also be some type of chiton. Try this site for some pictures to compare it to: http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchhikers.html

12/27/2011, 03:59 PM	#6
rovster Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miramar, FL Posts: 7,518	I think they attack fish!

12/27/2011, 09:14 PM	#9
rovster Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Miramar, FL Posts: 7,518	I'm pretty sure that is a stomatella snail. I have a few in my tank.

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