Copepod explosion in DT

[Difrano]

I think those are copepods on my DT glass, one hour ago I was looking at the glass that needed a scraping, so I came back one hour later to do some maintenance and noticed all those tiny white dots, I picked my son cellphone microscope and there they are, they look as copepods. Now a few questions, Why they came out all the same, before I only saw amphipods swimming around. And if scrape the glass to clear the algae will I kill the pods?

Attached are a couple of videos.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

I can’t see the vid on my iPad.

i wanted to see if you had a pic to post. I had a crazy explosion one time covered my glass. Love to see yours

 

[Difrano]

I can’t see the vid on my iPad.

i wanted to see if you had a pic to post. I had a crazy explosion one time covered my glass. Love to see yours

Here are some captures from the video, they look awesome.

 

[Mastiffsrule]

That is awesome. They look like pods to me. They will disappear off the glass on their own. I would leave them be to float off (or get eaten) and established in new areas. Tank must be doing good.

When they say explosion, it’s true. I was sitting in the living room once and all of a sudden I saw a cloud in my 180 about the size of a small party ballon. It dissipated too quick for me to get a pic but it was cool. Another time I came down in the morning to frosted glass from pods. Not so much anymore. Enjoy it. I know I’m total jelly

 

[Difrano]

That is awesome. They look like pods to me. They will disappear off the glass on their own. I would leave them be to float off (or get eaten) and established in new areas. Tank must be doing good.

When they say explosion, it’s true. I was sitting in the living room once and all of a sudden I saw a cloud in my 180 about the size of a small party ballon. It dissipated too quick for me to get a pic but it was cool. Another time I came down in the morning to frosted glass from pods. Not so much anymore. Enjoy it. I know I’m total jelly

Thanks! Yes they are definitely pods, I think they moved from the sump to the DT because my Fern caulerpa melted due to lack of nutrients, So they had to find new places with algae and my DT is like an open buffet

 

[Super Fly]

Thanks! Yes they are definitely pods, I think they moved from the sump to the DT because my Fern caulerpa melted due to lack of nutrients, So they had to find new places with algae and my DT is like an open buffet

funny how the exact same thing's going on in my DT. Last night when lights were out I noticed tons of pods near the front glass, at first I thought they were some debris floating around but after 10 mins of staring realized they were swimming copepods...