Weird *very* large copepods and short white worms that don’t look like planaria to me.

[The1HunnT]

As the subject said,

I was using my scrubbing magnet which had gone unused for a few weeks as we didn’t have much algae and when I opened the magnet the scrubber side in the tank had several dozen “water insects” for lack of a better word. They were NOT crushed by using it to clean algae off of glass and could cruise through the loops of scrub material with great ease. There were also white short worms that crawl around at night when lights are off, but they haven’t given me problems yet really. I just want to make sure they aren’t pests, and are hopefully helpers of some sort.

I’m attaching a photos (videos failed to upload); keep in mind these are significantly larger than Tisbe B. And others and they all seem to love living in the cleaning matrix of the mag float. They’re quick and scatter to the sides then re enter the scrubbing portion and have different features than copepods I’ve seen.

Any chance they’re shrimp? I only have a pair of camel shrimp in the sump so they don’t eat my coral, but didn’t have the heart to kill them—yet.

Help my community experts!

AppreciTively,

Christopher

 

[Dragon52]

Video doesn't work only sound comes out.
#reefsquad

 

[reef lover]

Amphipods and dorvellidaes perhaps.

 

[The1HunnT]

Thank you reef lover. Any idea where they might have come from? The amphipods literally appeared one day in the magnet; I’ve never seen them before in my tank. I tried a new video for identification; hopefully it works better!

The worms I’m less worried about since they haven’t seemed to attack anything.

Thank you! Any other opinions are more than welcome!

Christopher

 

[The1HunnT]

Video doesn't work only sound comes out.
#reefsquad

I switched to pictures since I can’t get the video to work despite it just being on my phone. Hopefully phone pics are clear enough.

 

[Dragon52]

I switched to pictures since I can’t get the video to work despite it just being on my phone. Hopefully phone pics are clear enough.

hope reefsquad can help you now.

 

[kireek]

I don't know what you've got going on there. @KJ might know.

 

[eggplantparrot]

post vid to YouTube then post link.

 

[KJ]

Isopods Munnid and dorvellidaes.

 

[reef lover]

Kjs got you!
As far as where they came from...live rock, a coral frag...etc.

 

[The1HunnT]

Isopods Munnid and dorvellidaes.

Thank you so very much KJ. I Always endeavor to do my homework to identify before posting, but I was very confused about these guys and they showed up as of overnight—though obviously that’s impossible. I was looking through amphipods species so perhaps that’s why I never found them in my searches.

Much appreciated!

 

[KJ]

Thank you so very much KJ. I Always endeavor to do my homework to identify before posting, but I was very confused about these guys and they showed up as of overnight—though obviously that’s impossible. I was looking through amphipods species so perhaps that’s why I never found them in my searches.

Much appreciated!

YW