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01/16/2012, 04:46 PM
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Noob hitchhiker ID please...
Since my levels all dropped my tank has come alive but I'm struggling to find out what most of them are. Most I can't get pictures of but majority of life seems to be coming from one piece of live rock, I have tiny wood louse looking things about a mm or two. What looks like a shrimp with its tail curled underneath its self, about 10mm, only seen that one once and this which I'm hoping my pic attaches to this post. If anyone could let me know if these are good bad or epidemic that would be great thanks....
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01/16/2012, 05:00 PM
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The pic looks like a stomatella snail. No problem with those, though you will end up with TONS of them.
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01/16/2012, 05:11 PM
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What likes to eat them then??
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01/16/2012, 05:18 PM
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01/16/2012, 05:31 PM
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Thanks for your time
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01/16/2012, 06:56 PM
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Stomatellas are one of the best free clean up crews you can hope to get.
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01/16/2012, 07:32 PM
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The shrimp looking thing would be an amphipod, the woodlouse looking thing is likely a chiton. All good to have.
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