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Old 03-13-2006, 02:24 AM
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Default Free Swimming Pods?

Yesterday I noticed these little tiny water flea/tadpole lookin' things free swimming in one of my overflow chambers. Tonight I saw a bunch in my sump, again free swimming. They are about 3-4 mm long. They look to be about half head and half tail. They are too tiny and swift moving to post a pic. Any ideas on what they are?

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Old 03-13-2006, 03:56 AM
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Yesterday I noticed these little tiny water flea/tadpole lookin' things free swimming in one of my overflow chambers. Tonight I saw a bunch in my sump, again free swimming. They are about 3-4 mm long. They look to be about half head and half tail. They are too tiny and swift moving to post a pic. Any ideas on what they are?

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could be to many things from that discription, can you maybe catch one and sacrafice it for a pic?

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http://www.xtalworld.com/Aquarium/hitchfaq.htm

Could be copepods or mysis shrimp. Hard to say exactly from the description.
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Old 03-13-2006, 02:20 PM
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.... Could be copepods or mysis shrimp. ....
Mysis are what they are.
Good picture of them on that link.

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Old 03-14-2006, 05:09 AM
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Good fish food.
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Seahourse thats a great site, got it bookmarked!
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Yup, I got it bookmarked too.
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