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wrangler99tj
01/25/2006, 10:30 PM
What are these??


http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/96217bugs20001.JPG http://reefcentral.com/gallery/data/500/96217bugs0001h7.jpg
wrangler99tj
01/25/2006, 10:51 PM
ne one know???
iCam
01/25/2006, 10:56 PM
It's hard to tell in the first photo,maybe an anphipod, but the second are just some pods. They're good.
Pandora
01/25/2006, 11:00 PM
The first is somewhat blurry but I'm pretty sure it's a chiton. Very good for algae grazing.

The second is a type of 'pod (just not your classic curled up woodlice looking ones, but there are thousands of species), and I used to know the name, but since forgotten. Have seen ones just like them, harmless.
iCam
01/25/2006, 11:06 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6588920#post6588920 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Pandora
The first is somewhat blurry but I'm pretty sure it's a chiton.

You are better at deciphering blurry photos :D

I saw something that looked a bit curled up :p
Pandora
01/25/2006, 11:14 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6588947#post6588947 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by nihonjin_anemone
You are better at deciphering blurry photos :D

I saw something that looked a bit curled up :p

It's from all those years of squinting suspiciously at weird posts you see online.

Hey, if you look closely enough, you can see a unicorn!
backlash
01/25/2006, 11:16 PM
looks like an isopod?
Pandora
01/25/2006, 11:22 PM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6589012#post6589012 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by backlash
looks like an isopod?

Thank you! Ding ding, I believe we have a winner, at least that was the word that slipped my mind, too...

Here's a marine isopod (only distantly related to land isopods, or pillbugs):
http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/crust/images/crusties/isopod1/j20453.jpg
sloshesv
01/25/2006, 11:38 PM
What did they taste like?
LeslieH
01/25/2006, 11:51 PM
Pandora - that's a great picture. How did you take it?
iCam
01/26/2006, 12:00 AM
<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6589233#post6589233 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by LeslieH
Pandora - that's a great picture. How did you take it?

It's from http://www.museum.vic.gov.au .
Psyire
01/26/2006, 12:53 AM
On the right is definately an Isopod of the Herbivore variety, no need to panic. They will just cruize around and eat algae.
wrangler99tj
01/26/2006, 06:25 AM
thanks everyone