What is it

Hey guys, I dont get home from work till late so when I do the lights in the tank are off. Last night when I was checking it out I saw this little bug on a rock in the back. It looked maybe black and white, hard to tell excactly as dark as it was, but I could see antena on the head. It looked like a beatle. Was maybe about a 1/4 inch long. I tried to take a pic of it but they all came out too blurry and couldnt see it.

 

Google the word Amphipod

I think thats what you are describing

they are beneficial scavengers and provide food for browsing fish
a good thing to have

Steve

 

Ok, I dont have a lot of time to browse this morning looking for the pic, but was hopping it was some kind of pod, the time frame is about right to start seeing them i guess. However I thought it wise to get a second opinon

 

http://www.google.com.hk/images?hl=...tle&resnum=5&ved=0CFIQsAQwBA&biw=1260&bih=767

there you go

Steve

 

Maybe I just could not see it too clearly last night but it didnt look like anything in those pictures. But anything is possible right? Is there any reason to belive that it as anything harmful?

 

Did it look like this?

 

Thanks for the quick reply but shape wise yes, but the colors were different. Or they apeared that way with the tank lights off. It looked more black with patches of maybe white.

 

If it's that shape, try looking at Isopods.

Edit: Isopod pics

 

Now im really confused, nothing like seams to look like it either, this didnt look segmented and the antena were long and verry thin, almost hair like. There were only 2 of these and they extended strait out from the head.

 

The body looked more like a beetle than a cockroach.