Flea type bug.Id Help!!!!

Hammsreefbeer · 09/20/2009, 01:25 PM

Let me start by saying im new to sps(6 months)and im now just starting to read and learn how to keep them.
anyway,last night with the lights out i was checking things out with a flashlight and i noticed these little "flea type bug".they were a really lite in color and didnt look like they swim at all and are sbout 1/8"long.when the light hit them they would run and hide.Ive seen them around the base of some of my acros and by my agent orange acan.didnt see them anywhere else and none from what i could see werent on any corals.
tried to search but no luck since i dont even know what to look for.I do dip everything but havent finsh setting up my QT.
any help or suggestions would be nice.thanks

ps.also posted in the sps forum.

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Salamander · 09/20/2009, 01:36 PM

Sounds like you're seeing pods. Copepods or amphipods.

arredondojason · 09/20/2009, 01:41 PM

if copepods its nothing to worry about.
its a good thing if you dont like them get a mandrin and he will take care of them.

Hammsreefbeer · 09/20/2009, 01:52 PM

what if its amphipods?if there not a issue,I dont care one way or another if they are there or not.I ran a refugium for years so i know the copepods are there.Ive never learn what a amphipod was or what they do.

Sisterlimonpot · 09/20/2009, 01:53 PM

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Originally posted by arredondojason
if copepods its nothing to worry about.
its a good thing if you dont like them get a mandrin and he will take care of them.

Just to add, don't get a mandarin until you're tank is mature enough to sustain the repopulation of these pods or you will starve the mandarin.

Sisterlimonpot · 09/20/2009, 01:55 PM

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Originally posted by Hammsreefbeer
what if its amphipods?if there not a issue,I dont care one way or another if they are there or not.I ran a refugium for years so i know the copepods are there.Ive never learn what a amphipod was or what they do.

amphipods have an ability to self regulate, and they aren't harmful to anything in the tank.

Hammsreefbeer · 09/20/2009, 02:01 PM

thanks alot guys.there copepods from what ive read.no worrys,back to my W/C.

Hammsreefbeer · 09/20/2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally posted by Sisterlimonpot
Just to add, don't get a mandarin until you're tank is mature enough to sustain the repopulation of these pods or you will starve the mandarin.

thanks for the help.I dont want a mandarin but i did have a refugium set up for years and took it down 8 months ago.

ludnix · 09/20/2009, 02:53 PM

You only can see copepods on the glass of your tank, if you see anything running around you rocks than it's amphipods. Copepods are simply too small to see if they are anywhere but on the glass.

09/20/2009, 01:25 PM	#1
Hammsreefbeer "CUBE-ALICIOUS" Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca. Posts: 2,065	Flea type bug.Id Help!!!! Let me start by saying im new to sps(6 months)and im now just starting to read and learn how to keep them. anyway,last night with the lights out i was checking things out with a flashlight and i noticed these little "flea type bug".they were a really lite in color and didnt look like they swim at all and are sbout 1/8"long.when the light hit them they would run and hide.Ive seen them around the base of some of my acros and by my agent orange acan.didnt see them anywhere else and none from what i could see werent on any corals. tried to search but no luck since i dont even know what to look for.I do dip everything but havent finsh setting up my QT. any help or suggestions would be nice.thanks ps.also posted in the sps forum. __________ __________________ -DOUG SCRK member Current Tank Info: 60 CUBE(2X2X2) Acrylic cube sump w/fuge(20"x20"x16"),2' Outer Orbit Pro w/250W (M80 ballast) Pheonix14k & 3xATI Blue+&1 fuji purple,2xTunze 6055 w/ 7095,Tunze 9010 skimmer,1260 Eheim return,2 BRS dosing pumps(2 Part),BRS dual media reactor,RK2. Last edited by Hammsreefbeer; 09/20/2009 at 01:33 PM.

09/20/2009, 01:36 PM	#2
Salamander Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Flagstaff, Arizona Posts: 2,103	Sounds like you're seeing pods. Copepods or amphipods. __________________ I feel more like myself now than I did before. Current Tank Info: 120g mixed reef, 2 x 250W DE MH, 2 x 54w T5, MSX 200 SKimmer, 2 Koralia 4's, 40g fuge/sump, QT

09/20/2009, 01:52 PM	#4
Hammsreefbeer "CUBE-ALICIOUS" Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca. Posts: 2,065	what if its amphipods?if there not a issue,I dont care one way or another if they are there or not.I ran a refugium for years so i know the copepods are there.Ive never learn what a amphipod was or what they do. __________________ -DOUG SCRK member Current Tank Info: 60 CUBE(2X2X2) Acrylic cube sump w/fuge(20"x20"x16"),2' Outer Orbit Pro w/250W (M80 ballast) Pheonix14k & 3xATI Blue+&1 fuji purple,2xTunze 6055 w/ 7095,Tunze 9010 skimmer,1260 Eheim return,2 BRS dosing pumps(2 Part),BRS dual media reactor,RK2.

09/20/2009, 02:01 PM	#7
Hammsreefbeer "CUBE-ALICIOUS" Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Long Beach, Ca. Posts: 2,065	thanks alot guys.there copepods from what ive read.no worrys,back to my W/C. __________________ -DOUG SCRK member Current Tank Info: 60 CUBE(2X2X2) Acrylic cube sump w/fuge(20"x20"x16"),2' Outer Orbit Pro w/250W (M80 ballast) Pheonix14k & 3xATI Blue+&1 fuji purple,2xTunze 6055 w/ 7095,Tunze 9010 skimmer,1260 Eheim return,2 BRS dosing pumps(2 Part),BRS dual media reactor,RK2.

09/20/2009, 02:53 PM	#9
ludnix Registered Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,031	You only can see copepods on the glass of your tank, if you see anything running around you rocks than it's amphipods. Copepods are simply too small to see if they are anywhere but on the glass. __________________ -Eric Sutter Current Tank Info: 14g Biocube

09/20/2009, 01:41 PM	#3
arredondojason Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 988	if copepods its nothing to worry about. its a good thing if you dont like them get a mandrin and he will take care of them.