Ants or baby isopods

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Ants or baby isopods

Post by NLindsey921 » Fri May 26, 2017 11:47 am

I don't think this I am emergency at the moment but I need y'alls input. Just woke up and went to change the crabs food and the bowl is full of little bugs. They move really fast but I managed to get a pic of them. Are they ants or baby isopods or something else entirely?
The bugs are those little white creatures in the left side. Image

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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by daws409 » Fri May 26, 2017 12:10 pm

Definitely baby isopods!

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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by NLindsey921 » Fri May 26, 2017 12:12 pm

Thanks. I was freaking for nothing. Just surprised me cause I didn't think any isopods had survived my last cleaning.

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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by daws409 » Fri May 26, 2017 12:14 pm

YW!

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Post by NLindsey921 » Fri May 26, 2017 1:43 pm

There are dozens of them in the tank now that i notice them. It's amazing.

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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by GotButterflies » Fri May 26, 2017 6:53 pm

So cute! I agree! Baby Isopods


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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by NLindsey921 » Sun May 28, 2017 11:26 pm

Cleaned the shell shop out and the crabs had so much poop in it that the baby isopods have plenty of food.

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Re: Ants or baby isopods

Post by LadyJinglyJones » Mon May 29, 2017 12:53 pm

Just so you know, while reeeeally little ant species do exist, imature ants are larval in nature, like beetles, butterflies, flies and bees - so you'll never see little white juveniles scurrying about. :)
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