Little white-ish "bugs" swimming

[Anonymous]

Hello...first time here, and I have a q-
In my reef tank, I have a bunch of theses little white-ish colored things swimming in my tank. They are super tiny-about the size of a flea- and swim very quick. Anyone have an idea what they may be?
Thank you!

 

[Anonymous]

Do you have any cleaner shrimp, or any shrimp at all? It could be that they just let go some planton-hatch.

~wings~

 

[Anonymous]

I have a coral banded shrimp...I was told a couple of things...one they are harmless and that they are a kind of coepod, then told they were a form of ich in some larvae stage, but which is correct?
Tank parameters are fine (ph, nitrates etc...) salinity is fine, have cc base with about 80 lbs of fiji LR, tank is about 3 months old, 60 gallon hex.
Thanks!

 

[wade1]

ctgretzky99-
:welcome:

I would daresay that what you are seeing is copepods. They are a normal component of a tank and sound a great deal like what you are describing.

Wade

 

[Anonymous]

Yup.. what wade said... you will not be able to see ich in it's larvae stage, only the cysts on your fish's skin.

Oh yeah..welcome to RDO too.

~wings~

edit: on-> only :roll:

 

[Anonymous]

Thanks so much...that's what i figured too, but when i was told on another board that they could be ich larvae, i freaked out...i never heard this before and wanted to be sure before I have a breakout!
By the way, thanks for the welcome!

 

[wade1]

Not positive... but I am pretty certain that you cannot see the larvae from ich. I imagine they are much too small for the naked eye.