How to tell pods from a pest

[Colin Adams]

After being out of the hobby for 10 years and recently back in I may as well be a newbie.

Tank is 6 weeks old, did the diatom stage already and that cleared up, but in the last couple days an explosion of what I hope are pods developed. The water looks like there is particulate floating around in it, like little grains of salt.

A couple lousy pics for reference but how do people tell pods from pests?
I should mention I am pretty doom and gloom usually so I tend to expect the worst, haha.

Thanks

 

[homer1475]

Do they look like little bugs with antennae and feet? if so they could be pods(should be very tiny and nearly impossible to get a pic of with a cell phone).

Typically a new tank will go through a stage of hydroids, which look a lot like tiny jellyfish. Could also be these.

 

[Flippers4pups]

What your describing sounds like debris. Now these specs are crawling on the glass, they most likely are copepods or isopods.

Here's a run down on coral pests:

https://m.liveaquaria.com/article/120/?aid=120

 

[SurfLife]

Always liked this page

https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/