Anybody else have these isopods?

[KBennett]

I have a ton of these in my tank.  About 5mm long.  Half purple, half white.

I've never seen any pics of this type before.  I think they're kind of cool so I thought I'd share. 
So far they are behaving themselves.

Sorry for the crappy pics:



You can see the eyes on this one:


I think its the males that have two tails:



There's about a dozen in this pic:


They swim all over the place at night.  Fast little buggers too.

 

[reeffreak]

Where did you read they were isopods? Do you have a link, interested in reading. I'm not sure there isopods, I couldn't find any pic identifying them half purple.

 

[KBennett]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/

They are sphaeromatid isopods according to this.

See figure 1

 

[reeffreak]

Thanks, Everyone has pods, I've just never seen them purple like that. Cool pics. There's quite a few different types of them.

 

[ricklalonde]

I've never seen any that are half purple. Very cool!

On a side note: If you search Google for "Isopods" there are a lot of cool pics. Including this one...

I also didn't realize that "potato bugs" are in the same family as the isopods in our aquariums.

 

[Boga]

I think that they are flat worms. Click on the link then "worms", scroll to the bottom and see if you can match any of them.

http://www.reefsanctuary.com/forums/reef-hitchhiker-id/33054-helpful-hitchhiker-id-sites.html


Or maybe not?

Do they have legs and eyes?

 

[KBennett]

They are definitely isopods.  They are segmented exactly like the link I posted, hard bodied, and have legs.

 

[reeffreak]

Defiantly not any type of worms. Good job ID yourself. Again cool pictures.

 

[Neopimp]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/


Worth a read

 

[reeffreak]

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/


Worth a read

Was posted already lol thanks tho

 

[KBennett]

Do you think a mandarin will eat these?

They are multiplying...

 

[reeffreak]

Holy lol I'm sure they would eat em up, what other fish do u have now?

 

[KBennett]

nothing that eats any bugs...  I have an amphipod overpopulation too.

I have 2 tangs, 2 clowns, a coral beauty, and a yellow tailed damsel..

 

[reeffreak]

I would buy a wrasse on the smaller side like a six line. The mandarins will eat them for sure though.

 

[KBennett]

I'm actually flip-flopping between those two.. Aggression vs. hard to feed.....

 

[reeffreak]

personally I would do the mandarins, I hate the six lines, just like you said, aggression.

 

[TORX]

Yay, your tank has fleas.

Grab up a mandarin. Sexy lookinh fish

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[reeffreak]

Yay, your tank has fleas.

Grab up a mandarin. Sexy lookinh fish

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Grab up a pair, would look even sexier

 

[draper]

ive never seen those before.

 

[Duke]

They don't pair, you'll just have a female and a male that fight and I'd bet they wont eat those either, way way to big for a mandarin, they like the little bugs you can't see Best imo