Isopod ID help

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Can rolling in a ball be considered a defining chatacteristic? Anyways. Could use some help identifying these unwanted extras.

I bought a cup of amphipods with filter floss and gracilaria in it. Was trying to get them off the floss and algae gingerly when I noticed two wide boyz (shout out iykyk). For once I actually took a good look in the cup and sure enough… amphipods and isopods. I love when things are advertised right 😑

Anyways, here’s 1 of the videos I took and a screen capture within the video.



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The do roll up, most of them. The eyes look “not mean and to the side.”

Then I also had this one random crawler that looks different out of the water:



I separated the rest from the amphipods but I know, for sure, two got in my tank. I still saved the rest for now.
 

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