couple hundred tiny look like mosquito larva

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  1. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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    so today i went to this lfs and got 5 gallons of ro with i mixed but havent added yet also bought food frozen mysis and a new zoa just one little head so othing crazy i acclamated he is doing great well i poped out some foo thawed it out droped it in started cleaning the basement well about 2 hours latter i had hundreds of little babys of somethig swimin around no idea what from i have these fish three oceliris clowns 1 pair the other is a nomade i have 1 engeneer goby a six line wrasse some hermits snails emerald crap any ideas sorry way to small for a pic but the are suitable size that i noticed as soon as i glanced at the tak at first i thoughtjust some stuff floading but i watched as the swam around... i dont know if my clowns mated and they are babys or if the mysis shrimp hatched but the were frozen humm intresting
     
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  3. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    Copepods? maybe there were a bunch of them in the rock or something?
    are they sticking to the glass?

    ps.. you said emerald crap.... lol... just pointing that out.. :D
     
  4. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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    nope not pods of any kind i have pods yess but these are swiming in massive schools all over i have a video ill try to get pics but its hard they are small bigger than copepods prob 300 or 500
     
  5. elweshomayor

    elweshomayor Giant Squid

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    swimming? perhaps your clowns did spawned?
     
  6. Nor_Cal_Guy

    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    I have got to see this.
     
  7. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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    its weird they dont look like clowns but like i said to small to tell im thinking maybe now i never herd of this happening but what if the frozen mysis shrimp i added had eggs and when they thawed they hatched but im uploading a vid on youtube stand by for the link
     
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  9. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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    Nor_Cal_Guy Gigas Clam

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    Standing by. Hoping for HD on this. :D
     
  11. Renee@LionfishLair

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    Do you have shrimp in there?

    Shrimp larvae...
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  12. newtosalt

    newtosalt Spaghetti Worm

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