Giant Copepod?

[Harrycalihan]

He's quite large for a Copepod

 

[JustO]

Looks like an amphipod to me

 

[old salt reefer]

Looks like an amphipod to me

It looks like one because he is one a AMPHIPOD( I know you know that JustO). It has never been and never will be a Copepod.

 

[Scwahl44]

Appears to be an amphipod to me , they are a great addition to clean up crew and awesome to have in your tank

 

[RayDRoot]

Giant copepod. lol

 

[old salt reefer]

Appears to be an amphipod to me , they are a great addition to clean up crew and awesome to have in your tank

Until they get to great in numbers and eat your zoas and LPS corals. Then again if you get something that eats them(think wrasse,dottyback,etc.) and keeps them in check they are a great addition to your clean up crew.

 

[Softhammer]

Amphipods do not eat corals.

 

[LarLarsLair]

I'm no expert but I thought there are indeed some that will...? I know my population of pods got way outa control and my frags started to suffer. But not positive they were munching on them or just bothering them by crawling all over an stuff. Im pretty sure I saw a video on one of these forums that a guy took of the pods munching on the coral...?

 

[Harrycalihan]

Thanks for the replies y'all
I'm surprised he's survived to get that big. We have two decent sized Mandarins in there

 

[ThePurple12]

Amphipods do not eat corals.

I've heard of it happening when the population becomes big. Maybe they do it because there's not enough food for so many amphipods.

 

[old salt reefer]

Amphipods do not eat corals.

There are videos on Youtube of them doing it--VIDEOS of them DOING IT. It has happened to me. Just because it hasn't happened to you DOES NOT mean IT DOESN"T happen.

 

[old salt reefer]

I've heard of it happening when the population becomes big. Maybe they do it because there's not enough food for so many amphipods.

You are wrong, Softhammer says so.

 

[Softhammer]

You make have heard or broken your thumbs YouTubin. I and many others have very real tangible experience. It is totally false. If you perceive it to be feeding, your coral is dying And amphipods are feeding at the margins. They do crawl on corals at night, and guess what, they tend to get eaten by the corals. Mostly detrIvores or scavengers.. a few out of the 1900 species may be predatory such and the half pounders in Lake Baikal. Yes a real place and freshwater lake in Siberia. Anecdotal stories don’t prove science. People like you post these things up to which you reference. Until you can provide actual scientific references Keep your unfounded stories to yourself.

 

[ThePurple12]

That says nothing about whether or not they eat corals. Just because it hasn’t happened to you doesn’t mean it can’t happen...

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Amphipods eating coral? I'm skeptical of that claim but there may still be one or two facts out there I don't know yet. Maybe make a new thread discussing that guys?

 

[vetteguy53081]

Amphipods .
No need for debate/argument. Not a good way to show a new member how we answer questions.
IT'S N O T HOW WE DO IT NEW MEMBER

 

[WVNed]

If they ate coral all the coral in your tank would be gone in 3 days.

 

[lilgrounchuck]

Amphipod. Fish love em. Mine snag em as soon as they pop out of the rocks, the usually catch them right after lights out and right before they come on. Shine a flashlight on your rocks about two hours after lights out and you’ll see them crawling around.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Hey guys, I just want to take a moment to remind everyone that one of the things that makes R2R great is our friendly atmosphere. Let's do our best to be respectful of one another even when disagreeing. We're all here for the love of the hobby!

 

[Double monti 61]

Love those little critters