Copepods?

Sharky44 · 04/28/2016, 07:17 PM

Hello, my tank has been running for about 4-5 months and I have several things going on in my tank I am unsure of. I have a lot is tiny white things on my glass and not sure if they are Copepoda or ampiphods. I just lost all my fish due to either ich or velvet and was hoping this wasn't the parasite swimming around. There are thousands of them. The picture I have is not very good and I can't figure out how to upload.

All over my live rock and sand are little tiny silver and clear bubbles

I also have on one side of my zoanthids something white growing out of and on the other side may have white tentacles. Not sure if it is a sponge.

If anyone has any suggestions to any of these circumstances would be appreciated. I will try to upload pictures.

pyithar · 04/28/2016, 07:31 PM

"tiny white things" are most likely pods. you won't be able to see the parasites with naked eye.

the white thing growing on one side of the paly looks like a sponge. i can't see the one with white tentacles on the other side in the pic though.

Sharky44 · 04/28/2016, 07:43 PM

Thanks for answering. Unfortunately I can only figure out how to post one picture at a time lol otherwise I'd put the other pics up.

Do you know if that sponge tends to be a problem in the tank with the Zoas?
Also I'm wondering if those may be copepods do you think the tiny bubbles could be the copepods way of populating or maybe something else

Sharky44 · 04/28/2016, 07:51 PM

Here is another pic

Sharky44 · 04/28/2016, 07:53 PM

Here is another

Sharky44 · 04/28/2016, 07:56 PM

Another

Chibils · 04/28/2016, 08:28 PM

Sponges are to my knowledge totally harmless. Never heard of one hurting anything, and I don't think they're really capable of it.

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pyithar · 04/28/2016, 09:08 PM

i agree. sponges are harmless. as for the air bubbles, they could be from micro bubbles from skimmer getting into the return pump, or trapped air inside the rocks, or from algae photosynthesis, or even start of dinoflagellates.

Sharky44 · 04/29/2016, 03:53 AM

Ok thank you for your replies. Wasn't sure if the sponge would try to compete with the Zoas. I will try to figure out where these micro bubbles are coming from. Once I noticed all the copepods I thought possibly the micro bubbles might have been copepod eggs.

Sharky44 · 04/29/2016, 04:01 AM

On the bottom of the zoa frag in this picture are four tentacles. Could this be part of the sponge?

pyithar · 04/29/2016, 04:13 AM

the pic's not very clear to see but they're possibly brittle star tentacles.

pyithar · 04/29/2016, 04:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sharky44

Wasn't sure if the sponge would try to compete with the Zoas.

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2133295

it seems some sponges could choke the neighboring zoas. check it out^^

Sharky44 · 04/29/2016, 09:16 AM

Thanks I had a video which was a little better but can't seem to get it to upload.

04/28/2016, 07:31 PM	#2
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	"tiny white things" are most likely pods. you won't be able to see the parasites with naked eye. the white thing growing on one side of the paly looks like a sponge. i can't see the one with white tentacles on the other side in the pic though. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/28/2016, 08:28 PM	#7
Chibils halide loyalist Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Sugar Hill, GA Posts: 2,213	Sponges are to my knowledge totally harmless. Never heard of one hurting anything, and I don't think they're really capable of it. Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk __________________ always learning Current Tank Info: 75G new world cichlid, 25G reef in planning

04/28/2016, 09:08 PM	#8
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	i agree. sponges are harmless. as for the air bubbles, they could be from micro bubbles from skimmer getting into the return pump, or trapped air inside the rocks, or from algae photosynthesis, or even start of dinoflagellates. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/29/2016, 04:13 AM	#11
pyithar Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: yangon,burma(myanmar) Posts: 1,786	the pic's not very clear to see but they're possibly brittle star tentacles. __________________ take it easy, pyithar Current Tank Info: 150G display, 50G sump, mixed reef

04/28/2016, 07:43 PM	#3
Sharky44 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 10	Thanks for answering. Unfortunately I can only figure out how to post one picture at a time lol otherwise I'd put the other pics up. Do you know if that sponge tends to be a problem in the tank with the Zoas? Also I'm wondering if those may be copepods do you think the tiny bubbles could be the copepods way of populating or maybe something else

04/29/2016, 03:53 AM	#9
Sharky44 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 10	Ok thank you for your replies. Wasn't sure if the sponge would try to compete with the Zoas. I will try to figure out where these micro bubbles are coming from. Once I noticed all the copepods I thought possibly the micro bubbles might have been copepod eggs.

04/29/2016, 09:16 AM	#13
Sharky44 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 10	Thanks I had a video which was a little better but can't seem to get it to upload.