Sciency Person EXPLAIN?!

[jason the filter freak]

No freaking joke, I swear on my tankdom this is not a Hoax or a joke. I come home tonight to my 47 column tank which is being wet tested at the moment. The tank has now had water in it for more than 48 hours, and saltwater in it for exactly 24 hours. I explained in another thread how I had left my rock outside for a few weeks before moving it into this tank. So some dirt or what ever was expected. So I fire up the halide tonight and take a look to see if the water has cleared up at all... and I see movement on the rocks, I thought no way I'm seeing things... So I take a closer look and there they are, not one or two, and not dead but about 14 of the suckers, CRAWLING now you might as what A. vulgare an Isopod aka the common pill bug. this rock has been underwater for more than 48 hours, how can this be??

 

I took pics and video which I will post tomorrow. (Card reader at work) But I'm kinda tripped out right now, some one please explain?

[jason the filter freak]

Salinity reading off of recently calibrated refractometer is 1.033 needs a H20 infusion and current water temp is 63

Edited November 13, 2007 by jason the filter freak

[jason the filter freak]

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Edited November 13, 2007 by jason the filter freak

[bprinehart]

No freaking joke, I swear on my tankdom this is not a Hoax or a joke. I come home tonight to my 47 column tank which is being wet tested at the moment. The tank has now had water in it for more than 48 hours, and saltwater in it for exactly 24 hours. I explained in another thread how I had left my rock outside for a few weeks before moving it into this tank. So some dirt or what ever was expected. So I fire up the halide tonight and take a look to see if the water has cleared up at all... and I see movement on the rocks, I thought no way I'm seeing things... So I take a closer look and there they are, not one or two, and not dead but about 14 of the suckers, CRAWLING now you might as what A. vulgare an Isopod aka the common pill bug. this rock has been underwater for more than 48 hours, how can this be??

 

I took pics and video which I will post tomorrow. (Card reader at work) But I'm kinda tripped out right now, some one please explain?

 

Did you happen to breathe in any of the "dirt" on the rock?

[dshnarw]

They're just terrestrial isopods, so they have gills, like their marine cousins (and even restricted to humid terrestrial environments). Never heard of it before, but its certainly possible that they could live/survive underwater because of the gills.