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07/19/2007, 02:00 PM
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are they pods?
last night I was intently watching my cleaner shrimp (first time I really got a good look at them since I got them), and noticed quite a few white 'bugs". I I have seen pods on a peice of LR, never up close tho. they are a light color (very very very pale brown- white and are long (body is small, shape is long), they range in size from the size of a needle point to the lenght of a pencil earaser (sp?), and have many legs and anntena (sp?), the cleaner shrimp I have seemed to be actively hunting them too, or at least they chased the ones they came across. are they pods?
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07/19/2007, 02:02 PM
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Sounds like either amphipods or mysis shrimp.
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07/19/2007, 02:04 PM
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The little while guys are probably copepods, and the longer ones sounds like amphipods from your descriptions......very good things to have around!!
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07/19/2007, 02:07 PM
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thanks a ton! now I have a pod breeding ground!
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07/19/2007, 02:07 PM
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Yes, they are 'pods, but 'pods is just a reefkeeping term for wide range of various crustaceans. They could be Isopods, Amphipods, Copepods, etc. The size description sounds similar to an Amphipod though.
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