little white bugs?

[skylsdale]

I went down to check on the tank this morning, and overnight had a sudden explosion of these little things all over the glass. They are so tiny (1 mm or so) that it was really hard to get a picture with my camera. Most of them had a more solid white part (as can be seen in the picture) toward the back end of their bodies.

Anyone know what these are?

 

[Anonymous]

Hard to tell exactly from the picture. Do they look similat to little shrimp? Probably some sort of "pod".

 

[dragonladylea]

Hard to really tell from the pic but do a search on Flatworms.

 

[Kyliegirl]

looks like maybe a female copepod with an egg sack, as the white speck beside it resembles very much like the calanoid copepod

try this for reference

 

[Badatti2de]

I have the same thing in my tank, I know this thread is old, but i just wanted to know if these were ok, and what can I get to eat them?

Thanks

John

 

[Brian5000]

They are benefitial algea and detritus eaters, and they are fish food. While lots of stuff will feed on them occationally, I'm not sure what would really go after them. I don't think it's necessarily a good idea to clean them out of your system though.
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