Ewww Another Gross Bug Thing!!

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  1. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Hey All,

    Well I'm having another gross bug looking thing crisis. I was looking at my filter media and noticed something moving around in there. I thought at first it was a mysis shrimp my filter sucked up, but then I noticed it was crawling around the filter media. I couldn't get a picture, it would never turn out. But here's my best description:

    It is about 1/2mm to 3/4mm. It is a clear-ish color and is oblong in shape. The body has visible horizontal ridges. It has a lot of small legs (6-8?) and two long antenna. Hmmm...I think that's about it.

    I mean, seriously? An underwater bug?! :eek: Nasty!
     
    kcbrad, Nov 19, 2009
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  2. Puffer Chick

    Puffer Chick Giant Squid

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    ewww maybe you really have discovered a new species, is it the same as the last?
     
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  3. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    sounds like an amphipod, they love filter media and will breed rapidily in it.
     
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  4. pgreef

    pgreef Fire Goby

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    That sounds like a pod. They look just like underwater bugs.
     
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  5. RedGambit

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    Kinda sounds like the Amphipod that was from my tank bug crisis :lol:
     
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  6. pgreef

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  7. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    No, this thing is different than the last kind! haha

    Ewwww! I don't like it. What is their purpose in the tank? Breed rapidly you say....
     
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  8. meagan1823

    meagan1823 Purple Spiny Lobster

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    they are food for fish and they feed on detritus.they are beneficial to your aquarium
     
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  9. kcbrad

    kcbrad Giant Squid

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    Gross. Yes. I don't like it. How do I stop them from taking over?
     
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  10. RedGambit

    RedGambit Giant Squid

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    If it is a pod, it could be another food source for your fish and inverts :p
     
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