Please help with ID

[HitmanHoos]

What type of pod is this? Good or bad?
It's about a 1/4 inch

 

[disc1]

I think it is an isopod. I don't see big black eyes, so I think its OK.

 

[HitmanHoos]

Thanks
Is there a website with pics I could compare it to?

 

[Sugar Magnolia]

Great picture. It's a male sphaeromatid isopod. Harmless.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/

 

[Lynnmw1208]

does this guy swim freely in the water column? I was wondering if this is what I saw in my tank the other day.

 

[HitmanHoos]

Thank you very much for the link Sugar Magnolia!

Lynnmw1208 - I found about a dozen of these on the sand bed right after the lights came on.