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Old 08-21-2007, 03:24 PM
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I would post a picture with this question, if my camera had a macro lens on it! These things are just too small to capture on my camera! My tank has been cycling for a month now and these teeny tiny white things showed up! I want to say they look like lice but they're smaller, can't see any legs on them they're so small but they seem to stick mostly to the walls, although I've seen them swim thru the water too; or jerk maybe...

Anyone know what these are?

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Old 08-21-2007, 06:46 PM
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they could be amphipods or water lice
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Old 08-21-2007, 07:33 PM
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They are pods and there a good thing.
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Old 08-21-2007, 08:09 PM
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Well, I am pretty sure now that they aren't water lice since they don't jump, they swim but short distances at a time, like they stop to eat or something.... I'll assume they're pods, AWESOME! I wonder if that's what my blue hermit crabs are grabbing at in middair to eat.....

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Old 08-21-2007, 08:17 PM
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Most hermit crabs are omnivors so they could be after the pods.Its a free dinner lol.
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