copepods or pest

[gstene]

Hey all,

Can anyone help me ID these? I hope they're not pests, but I have a bad feeling about it. This is as close as I could get with my phone - hope it's close enough.

Thanks in advance
gstene

 

[Idech]

It looks like pods but it’s very hard to see.

 

[WheatToast]

Hey all,

Can anyone help me ID these? I hope they're not pests, but I have a bad feeling about it. This is as close as I could get with my phone - hope it's close enough.

Thanks in advance
gstene

I can’t make out any specific hitchhikers in the video. Are you able to take close up shots of the hitchhikers and circle them?

 

[gstene]

I can’t make out any specific hitchhikers in the video. Are you able to take close up shots of the hitchhikers and circle them?

They are hard to see, but there are a lot of them. They are the small specks moving around. I'm new to the hobby and now since researching this, I think they are pods. Just surprising me too because I didn't see this anywhere else in my tank, but they are covering this paly in the corner. lol

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

 

[gstene]

What is that!! A R2R guide to common new tank hitchhikers.

One of the greatest things about starting a reef tank is getting your live rock in and admiring all the diversity within it. The rock comes to life different creatures. This is a guide that I, along with a very well known critter identifier @KJ , have put together for the new reefer on what...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks. Yeah, it looks like they are pods I guess.