okay, what type of bug did I get with my order?

[mark]

they are more like a pill or sow bug or even a chiton.

montipora eating nudibranches or the acro eating flat worms, do they swim?

[fragalot]

no they dont swim. They wont leave the rock. And they dont move fast, they are super slow.

[christyf5]

looks like amphipods to me. The "cilia" are called swimmerettes (sp?) I believe.

[noirsphynx]

Looks like an amphipod to me too but maybe this will help?
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchpods.html

[mark]

Originally Posted by noirsphynx

Looks like an amphipod to me too but maybe this will help?
http://www.chucksaddiction.com/hitchpods.html

Great link.

Leaning towards a Harpacticoid copepod (third row down) and hoping not a Isopod (Sphaeromatidae)

[Haloreef]

Looks like a harmless cope/amphipod to me. At least I hope so, I have hundreds of them after lights out!
Man, I thought I was the only one who knew what a Pill/Sow bug was.

Keith.

[i have crabs]

isopods are very active and fast swimmers

[midgetwaiter]

Originally Posted by mark

Great link.

Leaning towards a Harpacticoid copepod (third row down) and hoping not a Isopod (Sphaeromatidae)

Harps don't get that big, when I was trying to culture them it drove me nuts.