Amphipod or copepod or?

[brclark82]

Lots of copepods on the glass this morning but this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. Is this an amphipod? Could it have come in a bottle of copepods? If there’s one I’m guessing there’s more right?

 

[Kasrift]

Lots of copepods on the glass this morning but this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. Is this an amphipod? Could it have come in a bottle of copepods? If there’s one I’m guessing there’s more right?

Amphipod, perfectly good.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Lots of copepods on the glass this morning but this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. Is this an amphipod? Could it have come in a bottle of copepods? If there’s one I’m guessing there’s more right?

Amphipod and can eat smaller copepods but free food for fish and coral and feed off algae

 

[Jay'sReefBugs]

Amp good to go

 

[brclark82]

Thanks guys, that’s what I thought just wanted to check for sure.

 

[Soren]

Lots of copepods on the glass this morning but this is the first time I’ve ever seen anything like this. Is this an amphipod? Could it have come in a bottle of copepods? If there’s one I’m guessing there’s more right?

It could be an amphipod, but hard to tell for sure from a picture of the underside only.
I think it is more likely a munnid isopod from what I see in the picture.

Either way, gammarid amphipods and munnid isopods are both considered typically harmless and good clean-up crew.
Sometimes amphipods at higher populations will irritate and potentially destroy corals, though they usually eat algae and detritus.

It may have come in with a bottle of copepods, but there may also be many other sources. Yes, it's probably likely that seeing one indicates the presence of more in the system.