little roach millipede thing

[the mantis lover]

this thing is on my reef tank and I can't find an id what is it, and is it safe for my corals and mantis shrimp?

its really small like 1-4 mm big.

 

[MERKEY]

Amphipod perhaps...

 

[Hincapiej4]

It's an amphipod. Good guy, leave him be

 

[the mantis lover]

ok thank you, there are around 30 on the glass and growing lol I was worried about it. They are fast little guys

 

[Hincapiej4]

They are just a type of copepods. I have a bunch of different ones in my sump. I even have baby cleaner shrimp that made it into my refugium chamber and have been growing in there.

 

[elysics]

Uhhh, did you lift that image from Google? That's a munnid isopod, as is written in the subtitle of that image lol

this thing is on my reef tank and I can't find an id what is it, and is it safe for my corals and mantis shrimp?

its really small like 1-4 mm big.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Food source for both fish and coral

 

[the mantis lover]

I'm on Chromebook and it doesn't let me see the subtitle, and When I went to the website nothing about the picture came up. I feel so stupid tho lol.

Uhhh, did you lift that image from Google? That's a munnid isopod, as is written in the subtitle of that image lol

 

[stanleo]

It is a munnid isopode. Good guys. Fish food and eat micro algae.

 

[Tired]

Definitely a munnid isopod. An amphipod looks sorta like a shrimp, curled partially into a C, with long legs. Harmless algae-eaters, good fish snacks.