View Full Version : White stringy swimmin stuff
ChangDriX
10-19-2007, 1:24 AM
What is this? I can't get a pic my camera is busted, plane ride from houston got it not working....another question in itself...
anyways i just got home from a week long trip and all the back of my glass and in the corners of the front of the tank with the macro there are tons of stringy white swimmin things, they swim like crazy and land on the glass then hop off and swim then come back. they are about the size of a " , " what is this? any help would be great!
thanks
ooja3k
10-19-2007, 1:34 AM
my guess would be copepods... do a google image search for them and see if thats what they are...
everything else good after the week trip?? what did you do for feeding...
ChangDriX
10-19-2007, 1:00 PM
everything went great nothing is out of the ordinary, the profeliria grew like crazy though. Girlfriend took care of the feeding and dosings.
ChangDriX
10-19-2007, 1:06 PM
they don't seem like copepods though...there are tons of them they like to cling to leaves and glass....smaller than a " , " but bigger/longer than a " . " I can't really see any arms on them though...please help!!
Amphiprion
10-19-2007, 1:30 PM
Well, it depends upon what you are calling a copepod. I have noticed that many people often call crustaceans like (among others) munnid isopods "copepods" as well, as sort of a blanket statement. Real copepods are very small--yours are most likely harpacticoid copepods.
Charlesr1958
10-20-2007, 12:38 AM
With so many possibles as noted above, I hope the zooplankton and odds & ends section of my hitch hiker page will narrow it down for you.
A Hitch Hikers Guide to the Reefs (http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchhikers.html)
Chuck
ooja3k
10-20-2007, 3:17 PM
no i know real copepods are really small... the are kinda shaped like shovels...
Shovels? That sounds a bit like a flatworm although they are larger than what you described . Does it look like this(appears larger than it actually is to the naked eye):
http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/acoel.jpg
ooja3k
10-20-2007, 9:05 PM
no way... copepods look exactly like shovels... not a flathead one, a crown shaped one....
like this:
http://kingfish.coastal.edu/biology/sgilman/770copepods.gif
ChangDriX
10-20-2007, 9:13 PM
yeah kinda looks like your pic grins but it's definatly not shovel shaped
If they are flatworms the clear ones like I posted are harmless. The brownish red ones or the white ones with a visible red tip are not good.
ChangDriX
10-20-2007, 9:18 PM
they remind me of misquito larvae
reavesinc
10-20-2007, 9:18 PM
could be baby bristle worms
ChangDriX
10-20-2007, 9:30 PM
i dunno, i wish i could take a pic!!!! there a tons of them and when they grab a chunk of silversides they appear to be kinda a brown tinge
Grins
10-20-2007, 10:11 PM
Does your camera have a macro setting?
ChangDriX
10-20-2007, 10:35 PM
my camera is broke :( got fried at the airport
Grins
10-20-2007, 10:36 PM
You need to go be nice to someone locally that has one.
ChangDriX
10-20-2007, 10:40 PM
i fear it's time to buy a new one...any suggestions? around $150 - $200 is my limit.
ooja3k
10-21-2007, 1:22 AM
nah spend it on your tank!
soccerkidbs
10-21-2007, 1:28 AM
lol i am also looking into a new camera. i know that i heard of a cannon that is nice i thought it was in that range.
Reefscape
10-21-2007, 12:59 PM
i fear it's time to buy a new one...any suggestions? around $150 - $200 is my limit.
lol i am also looking into a new camera. i know that i heard of a cannon that is nice i thought it was in that range.
Why dont you's get a thread running on our sister site, http://www.aquatic-photography.com/forum/ and see what peoples suggestions are for the budget in mind?
Niko
ChangDriX
11-11-2007, 9:26 AM
definitly pods, bought some tiger pods from the new fish store and they are definitly pods.