ID Please - Picture!

Driftwood · 01/02/2007, 02:41 PM

Let me first start off saying that I know what a pod is. I have seen plenty of isopods in my tanks over the last year.

These things look to me like a tiny misid shrimp and are about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. I can see plenty of these little guys cruising around in the refuge.

This was the only picture I could get:

The white in the background is eggcrate.

Thanks!
Dave

Ghazanfar Ghori · 01/02/2007, 02:44 PM

Looks like a Misid shrimp to me.

lllosingit · 01/02/2007, 02:46 PM

Not the best picture but look like mysid to me also. I have them by the hundrens in my sump, They just kind of glide around the substrate and glass.
Heres a closeup

dcombs44 · 01/02/2007, 02:47 PM

maybe an amphipod rather than an isopod. They could very well be mysis as well.

http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

Driftwood · 01/02/2007, 02:52 PM

Must be mysid shrimp. Probably came in the chaeto I bought 6 months ago.

01/02/2007, 02:41 PM	#1
Driftwood Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gardiner, ME Posts: 841	ID Please - Picture! Let me first start off saying that I know what a pod is. I have seen plenty of isopods in my tanks over the last year. These things look to me like a tiny misid shrimp and are about 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. I can see plenty of these little guys cruising around in the refuge. This was the only picture I could get: The white in the background is eggcrate. Thanks! Dave

01/02/2007, 02:46 PM	#3
lllosingit Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Des Moines Iowa Posts: 3,190	Not the best picture but look like mysid to me also. I have them by the hundrens in my sump, They just kind of glide around the substrate and glass. Heres a closeup __________________ It Was Funny Until Someone Got Hurt..........Then It Was Hilarious! Current Tank Info: DD 250 60x36x27 450 gallon total system.

01/02/2007, 02:47 PM	#4
dcombs44 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Southern Illinois Posts: 2,913	maybe an amphipod rather than an isopod. They could very well be mysis as well. http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html __________________ Current Setup: 10 Gallon Skimmerless Zoanthid Tank Lighting: Single 175 Watt Metal Halide (14,000 K Hamilton Lamp) Filtration: 10 gallon sump/refugium and Phosban Reactor Return: Mag Drive 700 Controller: ReefKeeper Lite (Basic Version) Circulation: TBD Age of System: Build is in Progress

01/02/2007, 02:44 PM	#2
Ghazanfar Ghori Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: DC Metro Posts: 58	Looks like a Misid shrimp to me.

01/02/2007, 02:52 PM	#5
Driftwood Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Gardiner, ME Posts: 841	Must be mysid shrimp. Probably came in the chaeto I bought 6 months ago.