Hitchhikers

[cody2cannon]

I'm seeing tons of small white bugs in my sandbed. To small to get a pic with my phone, but they look like clear Rollie pollies lol good or bad?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Probably good stuff. Look up amphipod. Congrats.
And this is our friend LionfishLair. http://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/

 

[cody2cannon]

Yep that looks like them!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Yep that looks like them!

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[Maritimer]

Could be amphipods, could be munnid isopods - either way, they're good tiny cleaner-uppers, tasty snacks for hungry fish ... and cousins of the roly-polies in your garden.

~Bruce

 

[cody2cannon]

Very cool thanks guys!

 

[cody2cannon]

Just saw a big one! Half the size of my pinkie nail looked like this!

 

[cody2cannon]

My clown is note picking at the sandbed, she's never done that so I'm assuming she's eating them!

 

[Maritimer]

That one's an amphipod for sure! (As I'm sure you know - a reefer could get lost for a while on that site . . . )

Sometimes called "beach fleas", I used to be able to catch dozens and dozens of them when I was a lad, and would happily turn over rocks all the while that the tide was out!

~Bruce