04svtfoci August 18, 2011 Share August 18, 2011 (edited) Hi All, I am at work currently so i can not provide pictures, but i will give a brief description of my set up i have a 55gallon tank, with a seaclone 100 skimmer, and a marineland emperor 400 filter. 3 hydor power heads, 40lbs of black reef sand and 65 lbs of fiji live rock purchsed from a fellow wamas member. The rock is awesome i have had it for about 4 months now, and my tank is very stable with a cleaner crew and a coral shrimp. My coraline is spreading all over the place and my shrimp has molted twice in under two months. But the main reason i am posting is for possible pests, as i am pretty new to the hobby i am not sure what they are. I have allot of pods living in my rock but i noticed on the back glass of my tank is a ton of small white bugs/inverts of some sorts about 1/4 to 1/3 the size of a grain of rice and there is alot of them. They do not seem to be doing any harm, i actually witnessed two of them fighting a week ago they have small pinchers and they locked up and boxed i was very entertained. Also i have noticed some snails that almost look like a ground slugs that you pour salt on as a kid. They are white, but have a very low body conforming light purple to dark purple carapace/shell. They are not part of the cleaner crew so i can only assume that after my tanked fully cycled they hatched or came out of the rock, there are quite a few of them from small 1/4 to 1/2 inch long. I will try to find my camera when i get home but just wondered if by description someone might know what they are and if they were harmful for my tank. thanks in advance. TJ Some photos i had on facebook from the first week of set up. Edited August 18, 2011 by 04svtfoci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swimboy123 August 18, 2011 Share August 18, 2011 I don't see anything.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04svtfoci August 18, 2011 Author Share August 18, 2011 The photos i posted were from a week after i set up the tank, i just wanted to show the basic set up of it i forgot i had those 4 photos on my photobucket account. I will post the pictures of the creatures in question when i get home this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind August 18, 2011 Share August 18, 2011 It is hard to tell until we see the pictures but I will guess amphipod because of the boxing reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dakotasreef August 18, 2011 Share August 18, 2011 I agree, they could be amphipods based off of your description. The slug like creatures are more than likely stomatella snails. Which can be a nice addition to your clean up crew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04svtfoci August 18, 2011 Author Share August 18, 2011 I just looked up the stomatella snail, and that is what i have. That makes me happy to know i dont have to try to remove them as there are many. Thanks for the info, i will try for a pic of the pod like one when i get home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheTerps August 18, 2011 Share August 18, 2011 The small things you discribed could be flat worms, I had them in my tank, but went away after a few months. They are small, around 1 or 2 millimeters, usually white/clear in color, and bell shaped. they will go away on their own, nothing to worry about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanman August 19, 2011 Share August 19, 2011 I have dozens of stomatella varia. Pretty good algae eaters. bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coral Hind August 19, 2011 Share August 19, 2011 Any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
04svtfoci August 19, 2011 Author Share August 19, 2011 (edited) i tried, but my camera didnt want to focus on something that small, i did acclimate and add 2 damsel fish last night and they went nuts on the tiny pods. I will put the picture i took below but i dont think anyone will be able to tell much as they are so small and the picture would not come very clear. I circled an area where they are, the larger round white circle i assume is being left on my glass by one of my snails as they appear frequently and in small clusters. Edited August 19, 2011 by 04svtfoci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FearTheTerps August 19, 2011 Share August 19, 2011 up close do they look like this? might also have a slightly darker spot in the center of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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