Acro Bugs ???

[BigEasyReef]

I was looking at some of my acros earlier and I spotted some very , very small, clearish to clear tan little bugs running all around. Quick moving little guys, I don't think they are redbugs, but I'm not sure. Need some help from the RC gurus, anybody know what they might be ?

Thanks, Creighton

 

[ChunksInClemson]

Can you show us a pic? A picture always helps!

 

[BigEasyReef]

These things are too small to even get a picture of. You can barely see them with the naked eye. I am under the impression that redbugs a basically, very very slow moving ?? these guys are fast, crawling all over the acro like tiny tiny clearish ants

 

[orionsmamma]

Um..this may be construed as a stupid question, but are you sure they are not some sort of amphipod or the like?

 

[BigEasyReef]

Could very well be, I'm not sure , thats why I'm asking. All of my corals are doing real well, I just want to catch this quickly if its something bad.

 

[orionsmamma]

Look at these pics, and even try doing a google image search for amphipod and copeopod.

These guys are good for your tank, and very common:

http://reefcentral.com/gallery/show...&si=amphipod&perpage=12&sort=1&stype=&ppuser=

 

[BigEasyReef]

These things could be one of those just starting out, but they a so small , about the size of a grain of sand, that I really can't say what they look like, but it appears that they are only on some acros , not all