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02/03/2008, 11:50 AM
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??? Tiny, fast, flea-like creature ???
Ok so we saw this critter.. for about a nano second..
It was by far the Fastest thing I've ever seen.. In fact I'm wondering now If I imaged it....... It appeared to be 1/5 of an inch long, greyish and sort of flea looking or like a silverfish cockroachy type thing... It 'ran' on the top of the rock and then dissapeared into it.. what the heck is it? No way I'll ever get a photo.. I don't think my camera shutter is fast enough...... |
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02/03/2008, 12:07 PM
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http://melevsreef.com/id/pods.html
Is it the first one on this page? If so that is a good thing not bad.
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02/03/2008, 12:20 PM
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It is possible that it is the good "Pod".. itthey do tend to "run" around on the rock work.. I have not seen it attach it'self to any fish or anytign like that.. In fact I've only sen them once or twice and then only from the side and for a nano second..
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02/03/2008, 12:31 PM
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Most likely a Pod from your discription.
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02/03/2008, 12:35 PM
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YAY!
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02/03/2008, 12:36 PM
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Larah,
Definitely a copod. My tank is filled with them, yes they do look just like grey fleas. This is a good thing to have. They will help remove detritus from your tank and a good food source for those fish, inverts that need small animals to feed off of. I rarely see them during the day when the lights are on but at night if you place a low watt light on or in front of the tank depending on your population you could see dozens or more. Scott
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02/03/2008, 12:40 PM
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Yes we like to turn the lights off at night, wait a while and then use a small blue flash light and see what we see...
It took a while and staring at a fixed point on the LV rock for a looong time and then we started to ee the "flea" creatures.. I am sooooo EXCITED! thanks for your input!
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02/03/2008, 12:59 PM
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Your welcome. Isn't this hobby exciting? I've been in it for many years and I still get excited about seeing something in the tank no matter how small. I also have very small they look like tiny orange critters that I only see at night as well as all kinds of things crawling on the sand. It's like the tank becomes a whole different world at night with unusual creatures you won't see when the lights are on.
Scott
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02/03/2008, 03:47 PM
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Scott,
That is so true! WH\hen the lights go off the whole fish tank world changes.. |
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02/03/2008, 04:21 PM
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Sweet, so they're good then. I see them all the time on my rock, lights on or off.
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02/03/2008, 04:23 PM
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WOW! Cool for you! I don't see them that often and they are so darn fast! LOL!
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02/03/2008, 04:25 PM
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how cool. i found the same things, i even have found two tiny stars. they look to be brittle or serpent but i only saw them for a second.
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02/03/2008, 04:25 PM
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What do you feed these little things?
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02/03/2008, 04:31 PM
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You do not need to the eat out of the substrate and rock, micro orginisms.
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