Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Might be possible to zoom on the last 16 sec (?). I took that bit in landscape orientation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Does it have a curled under tail. I can’t really see in your photo. If it’s a scud it a good cleanup crew and live food I add them to tanks ***that have fish large enough to eat them**** they are small shrimp like critters and tends to overpopulate without predators to control them if there is excess detritus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 I really can’t tell @Guppysnail. They are super small. Look like pill bugs, but they have stripes like a bee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 9:18 AM, Chick-In-Of-TheSea said: I really can’t tell @Guppysnail. They are super small. Look like pill bugs, but they have stripes like a bee. Yes scuds look like pull bugs. They come in different colors and patterns. Mostly grey green or clear 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Stolen photo from the net of a freshwater aquatic isopod. Aquatic version of mine and @Lennieand @Biotope Biologist land isopods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 Hey I have THE EXACT same freakng thing in my tank and was told it is Cyclops. I was surprised too, but apparently that is how some of cyclops looks 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 4:48 PM, Guppysnail said: Stolen photo from the net of a freshwater aquatic isopod. Aquatic version of mine and @Lennieand @Biotope Biologist land isopods I didn't knwo there were aquatic ones!! My oranges and dairy cows are much cuter If I must say 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 30, 2023 Author Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 9:53 AM, beastie said: Hey I have THE EXACT same freakng thing in my tank and was told it is Cyclops. I was surprised too, but apparently that is how some of cyclops looks Cyclops is copepod, but these things are different than copepods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 30, 2023 Share Posted July 30, 2023 On 7/30/2023 at 9:53 AM, beastie said: Hey I have THE EXACT same freakng thing in my tank and was told it is Cyclops. I was surprised too, but apparently that is how some of cyclops looks Cyclops (copepods) look like this. They are also tiny. Like the flat head of a pin. Scuds are a baby neocaridina size 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 I dunno, the thing I have is freshly hatched bbs size. My small shrimps that I finally started seeing are way bigger than this. I have like 4 of these strange bug like creatures and the pictures you are showing are females with eggsacks. Maybe what we see are males or females without eggsacks? On the other hand, if it is not cyclops, what is it then. I couldnt find anything close to it in any descriptions. It is white from the bottom, if it sticks to the glass, and it is greyish brown on the top and fully oval. There may be something small sticking out of it in form of an antena or tail but I am glad I can see the thing at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 Mine looks similar to the freshwater isopod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guppysnail Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 On 7/31/2023 at 4:47 AM, beastie said: It is white from the bottom, if it sticks to the glass, and it is greyish brown on the top and fully oval. Maybe daphnia? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Maybe,but the "flea like" movement is not present for me. Will keep digging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOtrees Posted July 31, 2023 Share Posted July 31, 2023 Check out ostracods or ostracoda. They do very small have legs or pseudolegs or swimmerets or something on the under side for propulsion, and they vary greatly in size and shape, but that range certainly includes what's shown in your vid. When moving, they have a gliding or smooth motion, unlike daphnia or copepods. I tend to think of them like a clam, that swims sort of vertically with the hinge part up to the sky, and the "legs" coming out at the bottom. This is absolutely NOT morphologically correct, but it works for a shape/appearance/form description. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chick-In-Of-TheSea Posted July 31, 2023 Author Share Posted July 31, 2023 I do have ostracods in addition to this new thing. Movement of this one is like a “skittering”. The prefer to crawl vs swim and they duck between rocks whenever they can. I ended up putting these new things in with 18 tetras and a ram. They are probably history by now. 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beastie Posted August 7, 2023 Share Posted August 7, 2023 Mine are most likely cyclops, based on some videos I have seen. They seem to be doing well in the tank, loads in the surface plants, I saw few on the glass How dangerous are they to fry/super tiny fish? My indostomus dont seem to be able to catch them, they are too fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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