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Medaka
03/28/2004, 05:14 PM
click here for link (http://home.socal.rr.com/kiridapaw/capt.mpeg)
These guys are Isopods right?

(i know there not amphipods since these are flat and not curly, and there obviously not copepods since those are like 100x smaller, so I'm guessing there Isopods)

Funny thing is, is that there are tons of these little guys in my desktop nano, and almost no amphipods. Yet my other tank has tons of amphipods and almost no Isopods. :p
TippyToeX
03/28/2004, 05:26 PM
I get a blank screen from that link. :(
adrianthomp
03/28/2004, 05:28 PM
same here
Medaka
03/28/2004, 05:32 PM
retry
Questin
03/28/2004, 05:37 PM
If you get a blank page, that means the movie has not finished loading yet.

Yep, pods
EnderG60
03/28/2004, 05:38 PM
cool vid.

and yeah they are pods

I just found about 100 of em on my polyfilters when i was changing them
YYZ_125G
03/28/2004, 05:41 PM
The origonal file worked for me, came right up in winamp.

Can't id the creatures, they look pretty big wish I had them going on in my fuge.

If they’re not the blood sucking variety.
TippyToeX
03/28/2004, 05:55 PM
Originally posted by Questin
If you get a blank page, that means the movie has not finished loading yet.

Or you don't have the software to run the video ;)

Medaka that picture you posted looks like your every day pod to me (Amphipods, Copepods). Here is an article about isopods that might help you understand thier look Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium (http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.htm)
ecojoe
03/28/2004, 06:46 PM
Isopods look like their squished dorsal-ventrally (back to front) while amphipods look like their squished laterally (side to side).
JoeMack
03/28/2004, 09:46 PM
Here is an isopod picture I captured on my Intel USB microscope.
http://ethereal.net/~jgrant/reef/bugcomplete.jpg
JoeMack
03/28/2004, 09:48 PM
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/iz/isopod/

http://www.vims.edu/~jeff/isopod.htm

http://www.mov.vic.gov.au/crust/isopbiol.html


I got this info from thread here...

http://www.saltwaterfish.com/vb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=94515&highlight=isopod
JoeMack
03/28/2004, 09:52 PM
Another post.... :)

I would say it looks more like an isopod than a copepod or an amphipods. What zoom are you using on your camera and is that a macro shot?