live rock critters

Hello all,
while getting up this morning (early) I noticed several small creatures crawling on the live rock. The main lights were out, so they were kinda hard to see, but they looked like little insects and they were moving pretty fast. Lights on, they are gone. Is this something to be alarmed about?
Thanks

 

They are prob a type of copepod and are very good for the tank.
If you do a search ( upper left of page) for Copepod you will find a number of threads that have info about them.

J

 

Tim - they sound like pods to me. They are beneficial to the system, as they will eat up detritus. Great sign.

Here is a link to: Bity Bugs: Copepods in the Reef Aquarium

 

Nikki, Great Minds.......

 

LOL - too funny - after my post went up I laughed that you said the same thing

 

Buzzsaw,

In case you haven't found this other article, here's another one on copepods (and other "pods&quot that Gresham posted on another thread. http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.htm

 

If you cultivate a good culture of these, u can have a mandaring in the future, these have a good diet of COPEPODS