What are these? Some sort of pod?

[asn-naso]

They were on the bottom of a frag plug, about 3-4 MM long, and the frag plug was laying in the sand. My guess would be isopod. If they are, how do I tell if they are the safe ones, or the bad ones?

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[Zooid]

My guess would be that they are chitons...tough to tell though.

 

[asn-naso]

They actually scurried pretty fast, which made me think they were not chitons.

 

[Smiley]

Re: What fish are these? Isopod?

Do they curl up like roly polies? If so, not harmful.... cant remember name but looked them up months ago.

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[FishTV]

What fish are these? Isopod?

^^ amphipod^^

 

[asn-naso]

LOL - Looks like my auto complete was WRONG!

They didn't roll up, and I don't think they are amphiopds. I don't see any legs, or antenna. They look like a chlton, that moves very fast.

 

[BPreefer]

What are these? Some sort of pod?

+1 on the chiton

 

[jahmic]

Tough to tell from the photos...but I'd agree it does look like an isopod.

Check out these links:

http://wetwebmedia.com/isopodfaqs.htm

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/

Hope those can help you ID them...it's a bit difficult comparing one pic to another, but hopefully you can see them up close and compare it to some of the descriptions in those links.

 

[asn-naso]

I'm thinking isopod, but one that is a detritus eater, not a fish parasite type. These were found on the bottom of a plug, that was in the sand. I also only have one fish, and have only had the one fish for 8 or so months. He is fine, and I have never seen anything like this stuck to the side of him.

If anyone else has more/better/different info, please share.