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07/23/2006, 09:13 PM
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Are these pods? (pic)
I found them hiding behind my mag-float cleaner. Are they pods? If so, does anyone know what kind and if they are good or bad?
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07/23/2006, 09:14 PM
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yes and good.
I have weird worms that live on the inside of mine ><
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07/23/2006, 09:27 PM
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Do you know what type? I can only find them behind the magfloat... no where else.
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07/23/2006, 09:42 PM
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first pic is an isopod
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07/23/2006, 09:59 PM
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They usually are active at night and folks say to use a red light (as opposed to just the yellow incandescent of a flashlight but i have seen them with that) and you'll spot .. if they are breeding and doing well.. hundreds of litlte critters all over
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07/24/2006, 11:31 AM
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They all look the same to me, the one in the first pic is just bigger than the others.
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07/24/2006, 12:48 PM
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it looks like the ones i had, so there good.
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07/24/2006, 12:48 PM
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Many isopods are fine to have. The ones pictured don't look like the predatory sort to me.
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07/24/2006, 12:49 PM
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They look to be Munnid Isopods. They are good guys. There are only a few malignant idopods. Most notably are the Ciralonid Isopods.
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07/24/2006, 12:53 PM
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you would know by now if they were the bad guys, they are fine
 Good Luck!
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