Can anyone tell me are these copepods?

[CLR48]

As the title says i am pretty sure that these are i am just wanting to make sure.

 

[CLR48]

Here another pic

 

[sucker]

yep they are

 

[tyler1503]

They look like Isopods to me :S

 

[Rybren]

Generally, you'll need a magnifying glass or jewelers loupe to see copepods in any detail, otherwise - to my aging eyes - they just look like a tiny spec on the glass.

Here's what they look like under magnification...

Here is an Isopod...

 

[ca1ore]

I'd vote isopods too; though if you have iso, you also probably have amphi and cope ..... and small Mysis.

 

[Shep]

I'd have to go with isopods, the legs look wrong for copepods

 

[MrDJeep123]

I'd vote isopods too; though if you have iso, you also probably have amphi and cope ..... and small Mysis.

+1

I'd have to go with isopods, the legs look wrong for copepods

+1

 

[deerhunter06]

I dunno I'm thinking amphipods

 

[deerhunter06]

All the isopods I have look like this

 

[Rasengan]

All the isopods I have look like this

that looks like a cirolanid isopod...if so then they are really bad news - they are predatory parasites that feed off fish...only way to get rid of them is to leave your tank fallow for weeks to starve them while sucking them out with a turkey baster off your glass when the lights are off using a flashlight...every night for weeks

 

[deerhunter06]

Must not be them then cause nothing is feeding on my fish that's for sure.

 

[deerhunter06]

I think most of mine are the rolly polly isopods those are ok from what I read they have the horn lookin things on their face.

 

[deerhunter06]

I guess you guys are right about the OP I was unaware there are multiple types of isopods but those are difiitely a type of isopods.

 

[CLR48]

Okay the are definitely isopods, they look exactly like Rybren's picture. Are they a good this to see alot of?

 

[Squishie89]

Okay the are definitely isopods, they look exactly like Rybren's picture. Are they a good this to see alot of?

Just fine, they eat algae and tiny stuff.

 

[CLR48]

Okay bevause there is a ton in my fuge now