Bugs on live rock

[Justin Swinney]

I have hundreds of these little white bugs on my live rock. They don't appear to be on corals and they are mainly on areas with hair algae. I don't think they're copepods because they don't look like them. I could be wrong. Here are some pictures

 

[Justin Swinney]

Those were pics of them on top of the rock.

Here's some pics of them on the glass

 

[Mike N]

Hard to really tell anything from pictures without magnification on things that small. How are you sure they're not pods?

 

[Maritimer]

They look a bit like dots, but maybe ostracods?

~Bruce

 

[Justin Swinney]

Hard to really tell anything from pictures without magnification on things that small. How are you sure they're not pods?

They don't seem to have the normal tail thing copepods have just round. May be a different species than I've seen or had in the tank

 

[cracker]

do they move around ? interesting !

 

[Justin Swinney]

They look a bit like dots, but maybe ostracods?

~Bruce

I looked up ostracods they look really similar. I can't really find much on them, are they harmless or should I worry

 

[Maritimer]

As far as I'm aware, they're pretty harmless.

~Bruce

 

[Lionfish Lair]

What's in that last picture is indeed ostracods...

 

[Limbock12112]

Can someone help me and tell me if these are pods? I put some in about 8 months ago then I lost all of my so I haven't had fish for about 6 months only a few snails and crabs. Wanting to put fish back in just wasn't sure if these were pods that are in the rock, on the glass, and in the sump! Thanks

 

[Justin Swinney]

What's in that last picture is indeed ostracods...

Ok. Are they beneficial and will my clowns eventually knock the numbers down?

 

[Maritimer]

Can someone help me and tell me if these are pods? I put some in about 8 months ago then I lost all of my so I haven't had fish for about 6 months only a few snails and crabs. Wanting to put fish back in just wasn't sure if these were pods that are in the rock, on the glass, and in the sump! Thanks

Those look to be pineapple sponges. Harmless filter feeders, but not 'pods.

~Bruce

 

[Lionfish Lair]

Ok. Are they beneficial and will my clowns eventually knock the numbers down?

Yes, they are cool. They are indeed good fish food.

 

[telsonman]

pineapple sponges. They usually (in my experience) go away after a while. I had them turn up in my fuge once.