little white bugs

[kchang]

Hi All,

 

I've got a bunch of little/near microscopic white insect things crawling on my glass. Any idea what it is?

 

Thanks!

[balla816]

could be copepods or amphipods.....

[kchang]

That's what I thot it could be, but they are all over the place. Should I be worried?

[balla816]

no they are good..what kind of livestock do u have....

[kchang]

Thanks for the info!

 

 

6 month old 10 Gallon w/ Aquaclear 20 fuge w/ chaetomorpha and Garf grunge

Coralife 96watt quad PC

 

 

capnella

tubinaria

red ricordia

asst. mushrooms

asst zoos and palythoas

brain coral

some stomatella snails

some turbo snails

some blue-legs hermit crabs

some feather caulerpa

 

 

2 month old 2.5 gallon w/Aquaclear 20 fuge w/ chaetomorpha and Garf grunge

Coralife Mini 18w PC

2 turbo snails

some blue-legs hermit crabs

red button polyps

1 blue mushroom, 1 red mushroom, 1 red ricordia

some feather caulerpa

 

I'll take some pics when I get a chance.

[balla816]

the source of all of these white bugs is the fuge.........they can grow without a fuge like in live rock nd what not but usually do not last....the refugium gives them a place to hide and multiply....if u do not like them u could get something that would eat them such as a wrasse or a orchid dottyback or a coral banded shrimp ect ect......they are deffly not harmless and when left alone and with no scavengers they have been known to grow up to 1/4"

[kchang]

ah...ok, I was going shrimp shopping this weekend anyway.

 

Thanks for the info!

[balla816]

no prob.

[corriewf]

I want to see what a 1/4 inch pod looks like.I am sure I probably have one ,but I never see it.I bet a quarter inch pod would look badarse.