Bugs everywhere in tank

[Beezwax404]

So i noticed a few of these when i had fish but after velvet or brookynella was introducts via a cherub angel i lost all my fish within 6 days. Now these bugs are completely covering my tank. What should i do and what are they? Any help would be appreciated. They are literally in every square centimetee of my tank. Very small though

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

How long ago was it that you lost the fish? Looks like you've had a copepod explosion due to a lack of predation. Terrible way to get 'pod populations up, but not a bad thing in itself.

 

[Sean Duggan]

Those are copepods you’re supposed to have them in your reef tank. Great part of a clean up crew and snacks for fish and corals

 

[VB313]

Hard to see but they are probably just pods or small snails

 

[Katrina71]

Pods are good

 

[Beezwax404]

How long ago was it that you lost the fish? Looks like you've had a copepod explosion due to a lack of predation. Terrible way to get 'pod populations up, but not a bad thing in itself.

I bought a cherub angel and of course didnt quarentine. It was doing fine for about 5 days and then I rearranged the rock work because it was bullying my MUCH larger royal gramma. Within 24 hours of rearranging my rockwork the angelfish had a dusty white look to him like tiny white dots really close together that I could only see under bluish light. He died 2 days later, my royal gramma died 3 days after that and then finally, my clownfish died 3 days after him. The last fish died 5 days ago today and there are tons of these pod things now. I was going to let my tank run fallow for the 6 weeks. Do you think I could keep my pod population up just from feeding my corals and eventually introduce a mandarin????

 

[AllSignsPointToFish]

As long as there is food for them with little predation, the population will stabilize and remain in the tank.

 

[Malifry97]

I bought a cherub angel and of course didnt quarentine. It was doing fine for about 5 days and then I rearranged the rock work because it was bullying my MUCH larger royal gramma. Within 24 hours of rearranging my rockwork the angelfish had a dusty white look to him like tiny white dots really close together that I could only see under bluish light. He died 2 days later, my royal gramma died 3 days after that and then finally, my clownfish died 3 days after him. The last fish died 5 days ago today and there are tons of these pod things now. I was going to let my tank run fallow for the 6 weeks. Do you think I could keep my pod population up just from feeding my corals and eventually introduce a mandarin????

Yes you could if your tank is big enough. What size tank? Also I’d wait longer than 6 weeks if it is brook I’d say 10-12 to be sure of everythibg

 

[TN_Huskymama]

I bought a cherub angel and of course didnt quarentine. It was doing fine for about 5 days and then I rearranged the rock work because it was bullying my MUCH larger royal gramma. Within 24 hours of rearranging my rockwork the angelfish had a dusty white look to him like tiny white dots really close together that I could only see under bluish light. He died 2 days later, my royal gramma died 3 days after that and then finally, my clownfish died 3 days after him. The last fish died 5 days ago today and there are tons of these pod things now. I was going to let my tank run fallow for the 6 weeks. Do you think I could keep my pod population up just from feeding my corals and eventually introduce a mandarin????

I just lost 5 of 8 fish from velvet :-(
The remaining 3 are in the QT tank for 3 weeks now.
I too had a pod explosion when the fish were removed. Scared me at first lol
Now I am growing antsy wanting to put my fish back in the display tank, I wish there was a test for diseases like Velvet that I could run rather than "guessing" and possibly subjecting my fish to a disease again.

 

[Beezwax404]

I wish I had caught it early. My tank is only a 29 gallon biocube. I do have a 10 gal quarentine tank now though. Is 29 gallon much too small for a mandarin or a ruby red dragonet?

 

[Malifry97]

I wish I had caught it early. My tank is only a 29 gallon biocube. I do have a 10 gal quarentine tank now though. Is 29 gallon much too small for a mandarin or a ruby red dragonet?

Yeah 29 gallons is not necessarily too small for the fish itself but it’s going to be near impossible to keep pods up

 

[jeffchapok]

Those are munnid isopods. They are good to have -- many fish love to eat them. My 6-line wrasse destroys my population of them.