Help me ID wad i describing..

[aStRoBo|]

Hey reefers, yesterday i went real close to look at my tank. Den,i saw some real some organism walking on the sand bed! it's real same, smaller dan a grade 5 sand. den it feeds on the "remains" of the food i gave to my LS. wads tat? harmful? can remove by wad?

[aStRoBo|]

no help....?

[CKS]

probably some pods

try IDing them here

http://www.reefs.org/hhfaq/pages/main_pages/faq_sand.htm

[DrJekyl_MrHyde]

copepod they are good for your marine tank dont worry they are not harmful , they will help to eat uneaten food in your tank ......

[terryansimon]

copepods help to eat uneaten food?

[aStRoBo|]

it's so SMALL!! i cant even take a good look..and juz saw few of them walking on my sandbed..i cant really ID them..it's like transparent light greyish..smaller den a grain of rice..

[aStRoBo|]

copepods help to eat uneaten food?

i dunnoe wad pods are those..but i saw them eating those food lying on the sand bed..

[blacknails]

Yah they are copepods and good for your tank.. And even if they are not... Think about it... They're so small... What harm could they possibly do to your LS?

Hmm.. Then again... Ain't that what they always say when things happen?

Don't worry lah..