Bug Outbreak

I checked on my tank after lights out, as I do every night, and I noticed hundreds, maybe thousands of little, gray, flea like bugs crawling around everywhere. Parts of my rock looked as if it were moving. I noticed them on my GSP, zoas and birds-nest as well. I'm not sure what these are, and I can't get a picture, but they just hatched tonight.

I have not added anything new to my tank in probably 3 weeks, fwiw.

 

From what it sounds like they are copepods. Definately beneficial. Actually jealous you have them... . From what I know they have not been known to harm any coral of any sort.

 

That was my first inkling, but why the sudden "outbreak" after having been setup for a year and a half? I've had amphipods in my rock and copepods on my glass, but these look different and just "hatched" today.

 

could be alot of things, shrimp babies, blue leg hermit babies kinda look like shrimp
(I think), or maybe just a big ol pod party a few days ago

 

They don't look like shrimp babies, but I can't rule out the others.

 

Not to positive but if it makes you fill better I have probably 100 or so snail babies I think turbo not sure if they will survive or not

 

I thought snails at first, but they don't move around like snails. The crawl like termites.

 

I had the same thing still do at times they are just pods not sure what kind but they have never hurt anything in the tank. I think they eat the algae and stuff that gets caught beween the corals. They seem to go mostly on Zoas and my green star polyps. I am no expert but maybe they just clean them up

 

Great insight, thanks. That was my guess too. They kind of remind me of a gnat.

 

Yea they look like that just means you tank is mature;D