Green Pods?

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  1. Clonefarmer

    Clonefarmer Millepora

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    There are some green pods in my reef tank. They look like they are the same as other pods in the tank only green. Are they a different species of pods or are they just eating something different? I searched a bit, but didn't find much.

    Here is a pic of one of the green pods:
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  3. trijam

    trijam Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Almost looks like a bristle worm???;)
     
  4. TheSaltwaterGuy

    TheSaltwaterGuy Banned

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    no way thats a bristle; maybe its a shrimp? I've seen neon green shrimp but I think there freshwater, so im honestly not sure here
     
  5. Gresham

    Gresham Great Blue Whale

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    Looks like an isopod
     
  6. TheSaltwaterGuy

    TheSaltwaterGuy Banned

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    could be
     
  7. 2in10

    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I think there are different colored 'pods. I had some that were blue and red after I added some new cheato to the tank. Those colors were under a flashlight at night.
     
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  9. TheSaltwaterGuy

    TheSaltwaterGuy Banned

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    oh well i did not know that; my pods are usually just white
     
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    2in10 Super Moderator

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    I think you will normally see white ones, tan ones and gray ones.
     
  11. TheSaltwaterGuy

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    yeah thats what i have virtually all the time
     
  12. SushiGirl

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    I have green ones. They're the ones that have been eating the green algae in the refugium LOL. The reddish ones are the ones I see on the cyano, the gray ones are the ones I see rolling up balls of detritus and carrying it off, and the white ones are usually hanging in my chaeto.