Bug in tank

[dillon lif]

Hello I found this little bug / insect thing I’m my saltwater tank. There are also much smaller white ones in the tank and it looks like its offspring. Anybody know what this is?

 

[fishski13]

looks like a type of pod

 

[olonmv]

It’s an amphipod. Good guy and food for fish.

 

[Syntax1235]

Looks like an amphipod. The small white things are most likely copepods. The amphipod is most likely harmless and likely beneficial.

 

[dillon lif]

Thank you

 

[CRath]

Amphipods are great additions to your clean up crew. If your tank is supporting them that's one sign that the tank is healthy.

 

[Syntax1235]

I say most likely harmless because there are predatory amphipods. I’ve never had them but do a search and you’ll find information on them.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Free food for fish and coral but can annoy coral such as zoanthids