copepods

[malken]

the blurry black dot is a snail. The blurry grey smudge is the copepod. I'm still learning the fine art of aquarium photography.

 

[Reefscape]

where can I learn more about them? life cycle, care, species variations, musical prefrence, unusual behaviours ect.

Some more info can be found here..

http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=3544

http://ezinearticles.com/?Cyclops,-...angerous-to-Fish-Fry-in-an-Aquarium&id=366624

http://www.micrographia.com/specbiol/crustac/copepo/cope0100.htm

http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T125608.HTM


Enjoy, some should be relevant to your thirst for knowledge...

 

[malken]

this one looks closest. except I don't see the antennae. they seem to swim more like small shrimp.

 

[Notophthalmus]

That looks too large to be a copepod. It's likely a scud (amphipod).

 

[malken]

something told me it was too big. but, incidentally, just this morning I spotted several copeopds that look a great deal like the pic you posted earlier. carrying the two egg sacs and everything. they're about the size of small brine shrimp.