are these REALLY copepods?

[Raideress]

Are these really copepods, i clean my glass a lot and dont tend to see them there and they are raised like tiny shells like barnacles and there is soooo many

 

[Raideress]

oh and i know my coral looks unhappy i just changed all my rockwork etc

 

[Gtinnel]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but if copepods they will basically be tiny white bug looking things moving around. Do the things in the picture move around or are they stationary?

 

[RedFrog211]

Looks like Spirorbid Worms

 

[Gtinnel]

Looks like Spirorbid Worms

I can't tell from the picture but from the description that was going to be my guess as well.

 

[Raideress]

Looks like Spirorbid Worms

are they good or bad?

 

[Raideress]

Looks like Spirorbid Worms

just googled them and yes thats what they are

 

[Raideress]

It's hard to tell from the picture, but if copepods they will basically be tiny white bug looking things moving around. Do the things in the picture move around or are they stationary?

yep they are the worms i googled that and seems they are ok, but may use the scraper as dont love them

 

[RedFrog211]

yep they are the worms i googled that and seems they are ok, but may use the scraper as dont love them

The only time they’re an issue is when you don’t like how they look. I have them in my tank, and they don’t bother anything! I do keep the glass scraped clean; just preference though!

 

[Redfoxtang]

After a while they won’t appear on glass after coralline starts to take over. Then they take over the overflow/weir and sump area. But they are good filter feeders!!

 

[Paul B]

This is a copepod