White Bugs

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  1. Pjgiantsfan

    Pjgiantsfan Astrea Snail

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    OK. Tank has been operating for about a month. Been taking alot of advice from this site. I have these miniscule white bug things on the glass. Should i be concerned or are they normal?
     
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  2. FLfishGirl

    FLfishGirl Fire Shrimp

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    could be copepods
     
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  3. jonjonwells

    jonjonwells Great Blue Whale

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    Do a search for copepods and see if that is what you have. They are a very small but beneficial element in SW tanks. They cleanup stuff that is left behind and basically everything eats them.
     
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  4. FLfishGirl

    FLfishGirl Fire Shrimp

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    do they look like this?

    [​IMG] <- not my pic
     
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  5. Pjgiantsfan

    Pjgiantsfan Astrea Snail

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    They are much smaller than that,,,but they could be babys. The tank is only a month old
     
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  6. FLfishGirl

    FLfishGirl Fire Shrimp

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    well that picture is super magnified.
     
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  7. Pjgiantsfan

    Pjgiantsfan Astrea Snail

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    cool. thanks for the info.
     
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  8. FLfishGirl

    FLfishGirl Fire Shrimp

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    no problem
     
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  9. Pickupman66

    Pickupman66 Tassled File Fish

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    YUp, I had a bloom of those buggers.. they are everywhere. I am about to need a fish that eats them to control the population. I have large ones and small ones..
     
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  10. Mainstream Aqua

    Mainstream Aqua 3reef Sponsor

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    copepods, great food for your tanks and the larva from these is food for the corals. Every tanks has them just some see them more than others. They eat off of phytoplankton so I bet you are seeing them on spots on the glass that might be a little bit more dirty than others. They will hang around in the live rock or but in algae as well. HTH
     
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