Hitchhiker ID

[zzzz1978]

Found these crawling around my live rock tonight. Anyone have any thoughts are what they are?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TrfktQIyCg

 

[Reef Fever]

amphipods

 

[larangcon]

Sure looks like pods

 

[MistaOrange]

Agree amphipods...

 

[zzzz1978]

The tank is about 7 months old. I've never stocked the tank with any pods and their seems to be a healthy population. Is that normal?

 

[Fin]

Yes, it is normal. They hitchhike in on corals and liverock. Pods are good. You now have a renewable live food source in your tank.