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Maxi
08/25/2008, 02:33 PM
I have some new little thing in my tank that just appeared today. theres a bunch of them. There is currently nothing in the tank but live rock and diatoms, and some hair algea. I drew the things because I couldn't get a shot of them. What are they? They look exactly like that in the picture, except their bodies go more like a teardrop. Really small.

What is it?

http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q153/maximino_bucket/weird.jpg

seapug
08/25/2008, 02:35 PM
copepod.

Wetline
08/25/2008, 02:36 PM
Copepod (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copepod)

Good illustration!

Those are good critters.

ser_renely
08/25/2008, 03:41 PM
pod of some sort

DougBushBC
08/25/2008, 06:19 PM
great picture. normally when people want ids they just send a really really fuzzy picture that could be anything from a gem tang to a nudibranch :) you def have some pods (cope- or amphi-) both are good. if it is really really big, then I don't know

crvz
08/25/2008, 06:26 PM
the drawing kind of looks like a pineapple sponge, but I assume these critters are mobile, right? if so, likely a pod of some sort.