My Pod

[KingFish]

Often neglected, but important member of a saltwater aquaria; I thought I'd do these guys some justice and post a pic of one of critters.

This lil' guy (among others) meaures around 5mm and can be seen scrounging the sand bed with its smaller counterparts

[Tanzy]

5mm is monster size for a pod! Are you sure?

[KingFish]

Minus any magnification from my 8mm glass panels, say 3-4mm? The one in the picture is the biggest of the lot.

I count around 8 of these 'juggernauts'; looking like beetles, they forage where the current is stronger and can swim really fast.

Got no idea if they're safe coz none of my clowns seem to be interested in them too.

Anyone got anything like this?

[CKS]

The best thing about this hobby is the diversity of lifeform.

Wish ive this juggernaut pod .. probably fun to watch

[newdamsel]

The best thing about this hobby is the diversity of lifeform.

Wish ive this juggernaut pod .. probably fun to watch

Haha CKS, you seem to be the guy who collects worms and bugs.. heh heh.. interesting.. )

[CKS]

newdamsel: Yep

Probably becoz i got sick of looking at still corals.

My favorite coral is still xenia becoz of the way it animates.

Im not even aiming for a clean looking tank (ive been skimmer-less)

rather .. i feel its natural to have visible microalgae around

I could spend longer time starring at pods doing their business than looking at corals sometimes.

[ZeRoC00l]

then is it ok, if one pod starts to clink onto my mandrain?

a hitchhiker?

Or a silent killer?

[CKS]

ZeroCool: haha revenge of the pod!!

It could be parasitic pod

I had one that stuck onto my clownfish.. managed to rid the pod after i gave chase the clown

anyone else has similar experience?

[KingFish]

I could spend longer time starring at pods doing their business than looking at corals sometimes.

I couldn't agree more, the diversity of life beyond the fish and corals is pretty amazing, ever see a worm in the rocks stick it ###### out for a dump? ... little pellets which my clowns mistaken for krill I feed them...hehehe

These 'jugs' bull its way around and either trampling over or eating smaller pods in its path.

There're little green elongated ones on the sandbed, but my camera is too crappy to capture it.

I get dizzy staring hard through the glass...

Zerocool - think there's a thread somewhere on these parasitic pods, do a search

[lona]

Rumour> Hey I get green little things too!! sometimes on the glass, and sometimes buried by sand at the side of the tanks..they don't seem to have any shells/pods ley..but somehow, the pods that I had died I think..I see empty open pods..I suspect crabs..and I've since killed two..but now no more pods..

[CKS]

[ZeRoC00l]

ZeroCool: haha revenge of the pod!!

It could be parasitic pod

I had one that stuck onto my clownfish.. managed to rid the pod after i gave chase the clown

anyone else has similar experience?

Haa Haa, lucky me. My mandrain sleeps in the front of the tank. Scopped him out easily this morning , and pluck the huge buggy from my mandrain.

Boy was he stuborn!

Now in a plastic container... Should i fry / roast / steam / dry him???

My revenge now !!

[KingFish]

Rumour> Hey I get green little things too!! sometimes on the glass, and sometimes buried by sand at the side of the tanks..they don't seem to have any shells/pods ley..but somehow, the pods that I had died I think..I see empty open pods..I suspect crabs..and I've since killed two..but now no more pods..

I have shitload of them crawling all over my sand, rocks, and even my powerhead ...

I spend hours looking into my refugium; there are weirder things there like ghostly white snails and orange sponge-like things on my cauerpa ...

I'm not sure about crabs eating pods, I do hear my renegade pistol 'snapping', maybe at those 'beetles'?

[BarraCudaTM]

I got clams growing on my liverocks .. is that weird?

[lona]

Rumour> Wa, your live sand really live huh? But I guess if they're good for the tank then you're already set..cos mine so far very very pathetic in terms of population..*sigh*. I like the way you put it: 'weirder things' that's so funny. I don't hear any snapping sounds from my tank ley..so don't think could be a pistol shrimp. Maybe all the pods climbed out of my tank in the middle of the night and went home..

Barracuda> Hey, that's not weird, that's cool. I wish I had clams growing on my rock too. <_<