help with identification.

lcpltype013 · 02/01/2015, 11:02 AM

I'm building my new Pico tank. I woke up this morning to check on it,and I saw this little bug looking thing crawling all over my live rock that I added yesterday. I'm assuming that it's some sort of crustacean and they've been on all of my live rocks and I've never seen them or the fish eat them. It's about the size of a grain of rice, I would post a picture but it scurries under the rock as soon as the light comes on will post one as soon as I get one. Any help is appreciated.

tonysi · 02/01/2015, 11:05 AM

It's an amphipod. Not a problem to have.

lcpltype013 · 02/01/2015, 11:50 AM

Thanks that's what I figured it was, but i couldn't find any pictures or descriptions of anything like it.

02/01/2015, 11:02 AM	#1
lcpltype013 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 2	help with identification. I'm building my new Pico tank. I woke up this morning to check on it,and I saw this little bug looking thing crawling all over my live rock that I added yesterday. I'm assuming that it's some sort of crustacean and they've been on all of my live rocks and I've never seen them or the fish eat them. It's about the size of a grain of rice, I would post a picture but it scurries under the rock as soon as the light comes on will post one as soon as I get one. Any help is appreciated.

02/01/2015, 11:05 AM	#2
tonysi Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Long Island Posts: 273	It's an amphipod. Not a problem to have.

02/01/2015, 11:50 AM	#3
lcpltype013 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 2	Thanks that's what I figured it was, but i couldn't find any pictures or descriptions of anything like it.