shrimp like creatures in my sump

zeddy · #1 11-17-2009, 03:05 AM

i did a waterchange today and replaced media from sump. when i pulled out the media i found hundreds of little shrimp like creatures in all stages of development. i am wondering if this is good or bad.

tlo · #2 11-17-2009, 03:13 AM

good guys - amphipods and copepods

zeddy · #3 11-17-2009, 03:14 AM

so i should leave them be

Chowder · #4 11-17-2009, 03:20 AM

zeddy · #5 11-17-2009, 03:27 AM

can i introduce them to the display as food

Lance · #6 11-17-2009, 03:34 AM

Eb0la11 · #7 11-17-2009, 03:57 AM

What do you guys do when things are inhabiting your filter sponges? I found some life in there too, but I need to clean it to keep good water circulation. Any tricks so as not to just kill off everything on the sponges and save it a bit, but still somehow get the sponge clean?

lastlight · #8 11-17-2009, 04:26 AM

These things breed like maniacs. I wouldn't want whatever is trapped in the filter media to go back into the tank so I wouldn't worry too much about the few on there.