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Old June 17th, 2008, 06:10 AM
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a bug in the system

What are these? (About 1.5 mm across the longest axis.)
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Re: a bug in the system

i think those are copepods, good to have in tank
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Re: a bug in the system

They are fish food.

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Re: a bug in the system

They look like some sort of pod to me.
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Re: a bug in the system

Pods,fish food,good to have.
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Re: a bug in the system

It is called an Anthropod and it dosent matter if you have them or not. usually hang out through the rocks its wierd to see them on glass that is the only suspision that i have with that advice.

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Re: a bug in the system

never heard of anthropod. but there are amphipods which are the bigger ones, and isopods, copepods, mysis shrimp
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Re: a bug in the system

nope i was wrong there isopods
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html
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Re: a bug in the system

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It is called an Anthropod and it dosent matter if you have them or not. usually hang out through the rocks its wierd to see them on glass that is the only suspision that i have with that advice.
Anthropod = does not exist. Do you mean arthropod? Amphipod?
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Re: a bug in the system

JustinStone-You are the master of finding long since dead threads!

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