Isopod?

[BubblesandSqueak]

I saw it, clicked a picture with short video, grabbed tweezers to pull it and it was gone. Looked armadillo like with 2 long antennae and its tail was articulated. It was about 1/2” long. Its head is facing down left and tail brownish top to right.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

bump
anyone?

 

[JoJosReef]

Movement does not look like an isopod, but I cannot tell much due to the fuzziness of the video. Any better shots? @ISpeakForTheSeas @EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal might be able to tell.

 

[Sharkbait19]

Look up amphipod - I can’t see the video, but the description definitely sounds like one.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

I looked up and think so but not 100%. I started taking the video and figured it would be better to remove it but couldn’t get to it quick enough. Moved like a snail. Do isopods get this big normally? I thought they were relatively small like copepods? Its head looked hard but not the tail. I did not see big black eyes. If I ever see it I’ll take it out right away for the specimen cup and quality video/pictures. Only think recently new was a galaxia (not sure which) but I inspected and dipped it. Was all smooth rock. So think this critter has been in a while.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

I'm going to say stomatella until I see a clearer pic...

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Do isopods get this big normally? I thought they were relatively small like copepods?

Yes, isopods can grow to 16 inches! Lol!

Bathynomus giganteus - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

(And copepods are generally very hard to see - at least in any detail - without magnification. Amphipods are bigger than copes but look decidedly shrimp-like.)

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

I'm going to say stomatella until I see a clearer pic...

God I hope so. I don’t want an isopod

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

Yes, isopods can grow to 16 inches! Lol!

Bathynomus giganteus - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

(And copepods are generally very hard to see - at least in any detail - without magnification. Amphipods are bigger than copes but look decidedly shrimp-like.)

I caught a giant isopod in Animal Crossing

 

[JoJosReef]

God I hope so. I don’t want an isopod

Some isopods are quite bad (cirolanid isopods). Some are not bad at all (e.g., spheromatid isopods, munnid isopods).

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

God I hope so. I don’t want an isopod

the more I look at the stomatella images the more I think thats what it was. I have not purchased any so it must have road in on something.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

I'm going to say stomatella until I see a clearer pic...

I'm late to the party, but I agree - unless clearer pics show otherwise, I'm leaning toward Stomatella.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

I'm late to the party, but I agree - unless clearer pics show otherwise, I'm leaning toward Stomatella.

it disappeared so until it pops again, I hope Stomatella too. it was pretty big though to not have seen it on something previously. Are these discrete critters?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

it disappeared so until it pops again, I hope Stomatella too. it was pretty big though to not have seen it on something previously. Are these discrete critters?

They can be - sometimes things are in people's tanks for literally years before they show themselves/get noticed.

 

[BubblesandSqueak]

They can be - sometimes things are in people's tanks for literally years before they show themselves/get noticed.

Finally caught it. Stomatella right? Keep or pitch?

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Finally caught it. Stomatella right? Keep or pitch?

Yeah, Stomatella - keep it.

 

[OrionN]

They reproduce freely, a broadcast spawner, in out tank. Really nice to have to keep tank clear of small algae.