Need some ID's please

[Sharkattackmack]

Picked up a pretty slick new camera and i figured now that i can take photos i have some questions as to what these are in my tank. One of them looks like a hyroid jelly. Second possibly a pod, third im not too sure.

 

[P-Dub]

Almost impossible to tell. Do you have any way of getting macro shots? Say, magnifying glass?

 

[Billdogg]

1,2,3 are some sort of worm.
4 is a amphipod
5 & 6 are hydroids

hth!

 

[Sharkattackmack]

Here is some more i just took.

 

[Sharkattackmack]

 

[Sharkattackmack]

@TriggerFinger Not sure what happened there. here are the pics

 

[Billdogg]

If you are referring to the red things in 1&2, probably small bristle worms. Excellent detritivores. If you see 2, there are 100 you don't see. A very much needed part of the clean up crew

3 is a hydroid - will eventually go away on their own, but generally pretty benign
4&5 amphipods - free fish food - there are plenty more where they came from

 

[Sharkattackmack]

If you are referring to the red things in 1&2, probably small bristle worms. Excellent detritivores. If you see 2, there are 100 you don't see. A very much needed part of the clean up crew

3 is a hydroid - will eventually go away on their own, but generally pretty benign
4&5 amphipods - free fish food - there are plenty more where they came from

I can use as many extra CUC members as possible as my tank has been hit with some algea lately. So I don't mind the worms. What do you recommend for the hydriod? Keep scraping the glass and let them go into the filter floss then replace?

 

[Billdogg]

They will go away on their own. No action needed

 

[Sharkattackmack]

They will go away on their own. No action needed

Thank you

 

[king aiptasia]

Here is some more i just took.

wonderful pictures, mind if i steal them?

 

[Sharkattackmack]

wonderful pictures, mind if i steal them?

No problem! I'll try to remember tonight and post some more.

 

[Sharkattackmack]

wonderful pictures, mind if i steal them?

Anything you want specifically?

 

[king aiptasia]

Anything you want specifically?

really that copepod picture was absolutely splendid for an example image, I guess if you ever get really sharp shots of small aquatic animals in aquariums it is always useful

 

[vetteguy53081]

Top worm pics are detritus worms

 

[king aiptasia]

Top worm pics are detritus worms

they are a bit flat to be oligochaetes dont ya think?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Detritus worms have this very shape. Not sure how you determine they’re flat with pics as fuzzy as they are. If this worm is more white than pink as it appears, then could be ribbon worm

 

[king aiptasia]

Detritus worms have this very shape. Not sure how you determine they’re flat with pics as fuzzy as they are

with that statement what makes you determine it was round?

 

[vetteguy53081]

with that statement what makes you determine it was round?

It’s an assumption that it’s round and again... pics of worm are fuzzy but detritus worms typically climb glass as well as ribbon and dorvillidae

 

[Sharkattackmack]

Detritus worms have this very shape. Not sure how you determine they’re flat with pics as fuzzy as they are. If this worm is more white than pink as it appears, then could be ribbon worm

Hey hey, take it easy on the pictures I'll try set up up my tripod last night so I shake less. I appreciate the help, I honestly had no idea they were even there until I started taking pictures of the pods and hydriods and saw them there.