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Old 06-13-2007, 06:49 PM
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Ok this little guy is 1/4 inch long light gray and living next to what look like feather dusters that I did not know where there till I snaped the closeup picks.
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Old 06-14-2007, 11:06 AM
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come on some one take a gess if you dont know
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Old 06-14-2007, 11:12 AM
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hmm tough one, doesn't look like a Mantis Shrimp to me..
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Old 06-14-2007, 01:43 PM
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Just looks like a copepod to me.
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Old 06-14-2007, 07:00 PM
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good news I dont have to take the hammer to it
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Old 06-14-2007, 07:27 PM
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Well a google of Copepod got me to Wikipedia and then fine tund to Subphylum: Crustacea and this guy looks a lot like him except his eyes which are ovel on the one in my tank
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Pods are a good thing!
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