Spider Like Amphipod?

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Hello all, I've had these critters crawling around on the glass in my aquarium for some time but they recently exploded in population (not sure what triggered it). I've always assumed they were a type of amphipod, but I have no idea what type they are. Does anyone have a specific answer?

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Yeah, I have the impression that they are harmless as well, other than walking around polyps and causing them to close.

Not a fishless system, but fish light (it's a 5-gallon). My yellow clown goby doesn't seem at all interested in munching on them
 
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Yeah, I have the impression that they are harmless as well, other than walking around polyps and causing them to close.

Not a fishless system, but fish light (it's a 5-gallon). My yellow clown goby doesn't seem at all interested in munching on them
I had tons of pods when my 5 gallon was fishless and when it only had one fish.
 
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Those are just munnid isopods, harmless pods that eat algae i have a bunch of them in my 13.5gallon tank
 
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