What are these?

[BantyRooster97]

Can you tell me what these are? pods? bugs? bad?????

These little creatures are on my frags I have hanging on the side of my tank. When I bring the plugs to the surface you can see them all over them scattering.

thx!

 

[Crabs McJones]

Looks like pods. good thing

 

[BantyRooster97]

ok, thanks... they are just so small. I have lots of pods in the tank & sump but they are all bigger than these.

 

[Crabs McJones]

ok, thanks... they are just so small. I have lots of pods in the tank & sump but they are all bigger than these.

we'll get @KJ in here. He'll know for sure, He knows more then I do

 

[Denisk]

Amphipods from the looks of it. Great sign when you have them. Congrats!

 

[KJ]

Amphipods Gammarid

 

[KJ]

we'll get @KJ in here. He'll know for sure, He knows more then I do

;Wideyed

 

[Crabs McJones]

Amphipods Gammarid

;Wideyed

Proved me right, didn't you

lol

 

[BantyRooster97]

Thanks! Good to know they aren't bad! I was worried I was about to have to treat a bunch of corals or buy some fish to eat them I don't really want. LOL

 

[Maritimer]

I thought they looked more like munnid isopods - but in either case, they're doing no harm, cleaning up detritus, and providing healthy between-meals snacks for fish.

~Bruce