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Yes, isopods can grow to 16 inches! Lol!Do isopods get this big normally? I thought they were relatively small like copepods?
God I hope so. I don’t want an isopodI'm going to say stomatella until I see a clearer pic...
Yes, isopods can grow to 16 inches! Lol!
(And copepods are generally very hard to see - at least in any detail - without magnification. Amphipods are bigger than copes but look decidedly shrimp-like.)Bathynomus giganteus - Wikipedia
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Some isopods are quite bad (cirolanid isopods). Some are not bad at all (e.g., spheromatid isopods, munnid isopods).God I hope so. I don’t want an isopod
the more I look at the stomatella images the more I think thats what it was. I have not purchased any so it must have road in on something.God I hope so. I don’t want an isopod
I'm late to the party, but I agree - unless clearer pics show otherwise, I'm leaning toward Stomatella.I'm going to say stomatella until I see a clearer pic...
it disappeared so until it pops again, I hope Stomatella too. it was pretty big though to not have seen it on something previously. Are these discrete critters?I'm late to the party, but I agree - unless clearer pics show otherwise, I'm leaning toward Stomatella.
They can be - sometimes things are in people's tanks for literally years before they show themselves/get noticed.it disappeared so until it pops again, I hope Stomatella too. it was pretty big though to not have seen it on something previously. Are these discrete critters?
Finally caught it. Stomatella right? Keep or pitch?They can be - sometimes things are in people's tanks for literally years before they show themselves/get noticed.
Yeah, Stomatella - keep it.Finally caught it. Stomatella right? Keep or pitch?