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07-17-2007, 01:07 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: west virginia
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Please Say No...
Unfortunately i think i know what these are but i want a second and 5th opinion on it, the only reason i am not sure its what they are is because the only place i ever see them is grazing on algae on the glass.. are these the bad isopods???? or the ones that are good herbivores?? I have tons of amphipods but these just started popping up about 2 weeks ago, and they seem to be plentiful,the only thing that has been added was my open brain coral around that time..
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07-17-2007, 01:25 PM
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Shark
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Kentucky
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Im pretty sure they are ok....I have thousands of them on the glass in my refugium......Im sure they are isopods???ive been scraping them off the glass and adding them to my main tank for my goby manderine
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210 aga, 24 gallon nano(built In) 60 gallon refugium with sump 
& Now 75 Reef at work
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07-17-2007, 02:09 PM
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Dive it, now makin' it
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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They are fine, a good source of food for some things. The more you have, the healthier your tank is. They usually feed on the "crap" int the tank. The more livestock you add to the tank, the more they will start to disappear. As Joe says, hes got thousands of them in his fuge. Thats what you shoot for. My advise is let them be.
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07-17-2007, 02:52 PM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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07-17-2007, 03:27 PM
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Dive it, now makin' it
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: North Carolina, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Loverotties
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So simple, yet you can understand every word. Short, yet takes a long time to comprehend. 
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- George :120 gal. shallow sand reef, 160+ LR
- "J" crowd member
-FD-" the bravest", PD-"the finest", EMS-"the forgotten"!!!
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07-17-2007, 03:50 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: west virginia
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ty ty, i knew they were isopods but didnt know how to tell the difference in the good ones and the bad ones. I have thousands of the amphipods in my tank and now hundreds of these, also i have hundreds of little baby snails that appeared recently, they look like the big turbo snails only tiny.
thank you for relieving my worries, but how do you tell the good ones from the bad ones?? for future reference |
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07-17-2007, 06:49 PM
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Professor Chaos
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Arkham Asylum
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most of the bad ones are white pill bug shaped with black eye spots that will be pretty conspicuos.
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07-17-2007, 08:03 PM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: west virginia
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thanks..
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07-18-2007, 10:19 PM
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senior member
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Walnut Grove, SC, USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by medicdiver
So simple, yet you can understand every word. Short, yet takes a long time to comprehend. |
The shortest sentence: "I am" (possibly "NO,", but I think that actually is an incomplete sentence using an understood verb).
The longest sentence?
"I do."
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Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. -Plato
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07-19-2007, 01:27 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grand Junk, CO
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^^^^^  |
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07-19-2007, 11:19 AM
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Little Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: west virginia
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lol
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