Which pods are the bad ones? Or the paracitic ones?

Discussion in 'Inverts' started by mirandacollc, Apr 1, 2009.

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  1. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    i have never seen any in my tank, before i think the majority are benign. i have heard of parasitic ones before but i think the fishes immune system protects them from infection


    edit: heres a link to a small article http://web.viu.ca/goatert/PARASITE/PARACOP.HTM
     
    sostoudt, Apr 5, 2009
    sostoudt, Apr 5, 2009
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  2. coldshot

    coldshot Blue Ringed Angel

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    if you can look under a mag glass and the have a bunch of points and tentacles on the points they are a type of jelly fish ... dont mark my word on it this is what I read here on 3reef...they wont hurt anything and will die out...
     
    coldshot, Apr 6, 2009
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  3. PackLeader

    PackLeader Giant Squid

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    While you probably have copepods, they will not be tiger's. They are a cold water species that cannot survive in a reef enviroment
     
    PackLeader, Apr 6, 2009
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  4. mirandacollc

    mirandacollc Flame Angel

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    They do and I have taken my macro lens out and still cant get a good pic to show them. I am going to try to take the pic through a magnifing glass when my wife gets home to see if I can show them. there are literally like thousands of them. I scrape the front of the glass and then 20 minutes later its covered again.
     
    mirandacollc, Apr 8, 2009
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