Never thought I could get a pic of a 'pod

ReefSparky · 01/14/2008, 08:12 PM

But I did. I held my loupe/magnifying glass (10x) to the glass, focused on what I wanted to get; put my camera on optical zoom and clicked macro as "close" as I could get, and to my amazement, I could make out the subjects!

Here they are. The first two remind me of snowflakes. The last is kind of hard to see, but I think it might be a feather duster-type worm larvae. The stalk is actually above it and to the right, kinda coming down to it from 2:00 o'clock as it whips downward from the movement of the water in the tank.

Anyone ever watch their glass with a magnifier and see these things?

There's one that I could never get a pic 'cause they're so tiny, but when I look at the sand at the glass' edge, if I pull the magnifier out and keep it still, I can see small translucent brown guys. They remind me of ladybugs, or volkswagon beetles. They have spots and they're about 1/10th the size of a grain of sand. I can see them actually climb from grain to grain. Neato stuff!

scrmbld33 · 01/14/2008, 08:37 PM

they look like hydriods to me

ReefSparky · 01/14/2008, 08:43 PM

Yeah. I think you're right. I guess a real pod looks more like this:

scrmbld33 · 01/14/2008, 08:44 PM

check here too www.melevsreef.com/id

~SIRENA~ · 01/14/2008, 08:45 PM

jellyfish - I have several of them. very cool.

Chad Vossen · 01/14/2008, 09:02 PM

oh i have those too. man you should watch when a snail runs into one of these. it looks like it REALLY hurts!

ReefSparky · 01/15/2008, 06:40 PM

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Originally posted by armagedon48
oh i have those too. man you should watch when a snail runs into one of these. it looks like it REALLY hurts!

Speaking of snails, when I observe them on the glass with my magnifier, it's almost as though their mouth (or eating apparatus, I guess) is irridescent. They have a "tongue" that whisps out of a mouth-like tube, almost licking at the glass, and it's so tiny, but I can just make out this thing that looks like it's blinking as though lit.

I highly recommend closer inspection of the tank in general to anyone who's not tried it. Just watching the little animals scurry from grain to grain of sand is wondrous to behold.

01/14/2008, 08:12 PM	#1
ReefSparky Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 146	Never thought I could get a pic of a 'pod But I did. I held my loupe/magnifying glass (10x) to the glass, focused on what I wanted to get; put my camera on optical zoom and clicked macro as "close" as I could get, and to my amazement, I could make out the subjects! Here they are. The first two remind me of snowflakes. The last is kind of hard to see, but I think it might be a feather duster-type worm larvae. The stalk is actually above it and to the right, kinda coming down to it from 2:00 o'clock as it whips downward from the movement of the water in the tank. Anyone ever watch their glass with a magnifier and see these things? There's one that I could never get a pic 'cause they're so tiny, but when I look at the sand at the glass' edge, if I pull the magnifier out and keep it still, I can see small translucent brown guys. They remind me of ladybugs, or volkswagon beetles. They have spots and they're about 1/10th the size of a grain of sand. I can see them actually climb from grain to grain. Neato stuff! __________________ 90G. PhosReactor carbon and PhosBan, XP-2000 Skimmer, RO/DI, 20 long sump, Coralife Aqualight Pro 2x150 modded to 2x250 w/ 2x96W PCs. Ecotech Vortech MP40, Koralia 3 and two 4's. JBJ Arctica 1/3 HP chiller.

01/14/2008, 08:37 PM	#2
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	they look like hydriods to me __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

01/14/2008, 08:43 PM	#3
ReefSparky Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: South Florida Posts: 146	Yeah. I think you're right. I guess a real pod looks more like this: __________________ 90G. PhosReactor carbon and PhosBan, XP-2000 Skimmer, RO/DI, 20 long sump, Coralife Aqualight Pro 2x150 modded to 2x250 w/ 2x96W PCs. Ecotech Vortech MP40, Koralia 3 and two 4's. JBJ Arctica 1/3 HP chiller.

01/14/2008, 08:44 PM	#4
scrmbld33 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: south jersey 08050 Posts: 2,394	check here too www.melevsreef.com/id __________________ a left over shrimp shedding is not "a sicilian message meaning luca brasi sleeps with the fishes" fish are friends, not food Current Tank Info: 90gal salt, 2 250mh 14k hamiltons 2 110 actinic, 127lbs LR,50lbs tonga 70lbs indonesia 7lbs tonga branch asm g3

01/14/2008, 08:45 PM	#5
~SIRENA~ Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: San Antonio, TX Posts: 379	jellyfish - I have several of them. very cool. __________________ -Adi 2 picasso clowns, 3 chromis, yellow tang; hippo tang, sunburst anthias, starry blenny, and green mandarin. 29g sump/fuge w/chaeto & LR 104g 1x400wmh 2 96 actinics 2 Koralia #3 2 Koralia #4 Current Tank Info: 104 gallon cubish 36x24x28

01/14/2008, 09:02 PM	#6
Chad Vossen Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: St. Cloud, Minnesota Posts: 1,313	oh i have those too. man you should watch when a snail runs into one of these. it looks like it REALLY hurts! __________________ Chad Vossen Current Tank Info: just a bunch of fish :)