Identification - What kind of reef pest is this?

[Staaan]

Found this in my friend's tank... got no clue what it is. He asked me to post up this video to see if any one on RC knows.

You can select 720p quality so you can get a bit of a better picture. They were very small I had to use an extension tube on my camera to get a shot of them. They have this slime/hair like projections coming out of their bodies.

Weiiiiiiird.

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[Digitalelectric]

Little copepods?

 

[SushiGirl]

Doesn't look like any copepods I've ever seen. Tagging along cuz I love a good mystery (and a good ID LOL).

 

[spamreefnew]

I think I have a few of them in my sump,,,but mine never move like that??? tagging along!

 

[JustinM]

tadpoles, yep tadpoles.

 

[noahm]

neat. No idea. Some kind of 'pod', but you need a specialist to id them. I would guess they are fine. If you tried to ID every microcritter in your tank you'd go crazy.

 

[jarrett shark]

pods? they look like this?

 

[Sk8r]

Try the Invert forum---this is a new one.