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avatar71
03/12/2007, 02:23 PM
well, there is no pic because they are way too tiny. picture tiny bits of white rice, that move... little bugs on the glass near the sand bed.

any idea what they are?

sunfish11
03/12/2007, 02:26 PM
Sounds like Isopods, copopods, or amphipods. We collectively call these bugs pods on RC. They are good. Be happy :)

Paintbug
03/12/2007, 03:49 PM
heres just a few pics of some pods you may have :)
http://home2.pacific.net.ph/%7Esweetyummy42/hitchpods.html

avatar71
03/12/2007, 04:57 PM
great news, perhaps soon-ish I can get a mandarin:rollface:

sunfish11
03/12/2007, 05:16 PM
What does soonish mean? Rule of thumb is a large tank and at least a year. Even then the survival rate isn't the greatest.

avatar71
03/12/2007, 05:46 PM
soon-ish means year-ish, maybe 10.5 months...;)