pod ID
Friday, December 21, 2012 1:59 PM
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i have these running around in one of my breeder set ups . pretty big this was taken with my iPhone would guess every bit of 1/4 inch our better
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Re:Copepod ID
Friday, December 21, 2012 2:10 PM
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Looks like some type of amphipod or isopod to me. Much bigger than a copepod.
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Re:Copepod ID
Friday, December 21, 2012 3:17 PM
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Amphipod i guess. Have those in my refigiums and sump. I ve also read somewhere that their size varies according to oxygen % in water.
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Re:Copepod ID
Friday, December 21, 2012 3:24 PM
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Amphipod, not Isopod. Nice things to have around, unless you're trying to breed Berghias.
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Re:Copepod ID
Saturday, December 22, 2012 10:50 PM
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Typical gammarid Amphi, running through the keys shows up as Gammarideus eusiridea though I cannot positively ID so we'll call this Gammarideus cf. eusiridea or just a random gammarid... will prey on egg masses of berghia and Nassarius cf. pauperus as well as some copepods and mysidae but otherwise beneficial. Love thy planktor
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