ID this please!!

[Pohsible]

My King Midas zoas have been closed up for a few days and upon inspection I found a lot of these tiny critters crawling all over them. I also noticed them around a torch that hasn't fully opened for the last few days either.

My Tiger conchs have been laying egg sacks once or twice a week for a few weeks now so maybe these are conch larvae?

I also dose copepods every few weeks but these seem much larger than the pods I am dosing (apocyclops).

A few months ago I seeded the tank with amphipods but I don't ever see any full grown amphipods in the tank.

Can anyone help ID what these are?

 

[19Mateo83]

Looks like pods.

 

[SaltySqueeble]

Looks like pods.

I guess they are cleaning the crap out of those Zoas.

 

[vetteguy53081]

My King Midas zoas have been closed up for a few days and upon inspection I found a lot of these tiny critters crawling all over them. I also noticed them around a torch that hasn't fully opened for the last few days either.

My Tiger conchs have been laying egg sacks once or twice a week for a few weeks now so maybe these are conch larvae?

I also dose copepods every few weeks but these seem much larger than the pods I am dosing (apocyclops).

A few months ago I seeded the tank with amphipods but I don't ever see any full grown amphipods in the tank.

Can anyone help ID what these are?

Likely amphipods (larger pods) and feed on algae

 

[cloak]

Munnid Isopods is another option.

 

[Pohsible]

So probably not an issue then?

Thanks for all the responses!

 

[vetteguy53081]

So probably not an issue then?

Thanks for all the responses!

no and free food source for fish and coral

 

[Solo McReefer]

So probably not an issue then?

Thanks for all the responses!

They look creepy

I would get a mandarin

 

[Pohsible]

They look creepy

I would get a mandarin

I've got one!

 

[Solo McReefer]

I've got one!

Probably scared of those things

 

[SFREEF3R]

I’ve actually had larger amphipods feed on Zoas (in a nano I had with no fish years ago). I don’t think this is typical so I suspect it’s just certain species of amphipods but I’d keep your eye out to see if they are just closing up a little or actually start to decrease in number.