ATO pics and Pod break out!?!?!

[funman1]

Here are the pics of the ATO system.
Sorry I didn't take pics while I was assembling it.

Also after I did a water change tonight and then there were pods ALL OVER my tank???

I think the pods are living in my water change bucket? Is this possible, I never saw them till tonight after the water change.
Weirdest thing ever.

Check out my gallery and look at my tank pics they have tons of pods all over the glass.

Ok here is the control box for the ATO and the return pump

Here is the barel I got for storing water

Here is a (poor) shot of the two switches in the tank.

Then just so you can see the odd pods that appeared check this out..

And a close up of them

So what do you guys think?
~Steve~

 

[MandM]

Assuming no new rocks or corals added recently, probably just a normal baby boom. I have bursts of amphipods and copopods now and then.

 

[funman1]

Yes I did add some stuff from the WMC
Would that cause a boom like that though??

 

[MandM]

I would say it's a distinct possibility. The new corals were attached to rocks? There could have been lots of critters in there and hatched out when they found a nice warm home. Could be good ones, could be parasitic ones. Keep an eye out for flatworms. Hopefully, you did some kind of dip before putting them in there. QT is really the best way to limit or eliminate your risk.

 

[Justin74]

Nice unit,looks clean. Nice pod action too, dont notice any fish in there? That would especially explain any boom, at least why there on the glass in broad daylight. I have a wrasse in both of my tanks, there getting hip on only coming out at night if they want to stay alive

-Justin