Micro fauna/copepods?

[ItouchedThebutt]

Found these guys all over the glass, look like micro micro star fish just cause of the circle center and multiple little tentacles? Definitely not astrea starfish.

 

[DED65]

Looks like hydroids.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Hydroid medusae - these hydroids are common in newer tanks and typically go away on their own (to help that, I would avoid adding any pods or other zooplankton though).

 

[Townes_Van_Camp]

Edit. ^^^^^^^^^
What they said.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Bad? Good? Or just kinda there. They don’t really bother me as long as they don’t bother corals or clams.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

So jelly fish? That’s all that comes up.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

So jelly fish? That’s all that comes up.

Hydroids are Hydrozoans - true Jellyfish are Scyphozoans, but they both have similar life cycles.

Bad? Good? Or just kinda there. They don’t really bother me as long as they don’t bother corals or clams.

These ones are just kind of there, but some species pack a potent sting and may harm things in your tank.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Do we know if something like a ruby scooter/dragonett would eat these little guys?

 

[DED65]

I had them in one tank and they went away after a couple of weeks, never saw one again.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Do they eat copepods? I’ll say since I’ve seen them show up I don’t see nearly as much pods on my glass. Before it looked like I had a pod bloom.

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Do we know if something like a ruby scooter/dragonett would eat these little guys?

I don't recall offhand - they might and some wrasses might, but as mentioned they should go away on their own soon.

Do they eat copepods? I’ll say since I’ve seen them show up I don’t see nearly as much pods on my glass. Before it looked like I had a pod bloom.

Yeah, they eat copepods, rotifers, and other small zooplankton.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Explains where my pods went. Do we think they can wipe out a whole population cause I was kinda proud of all the pods I added from algea barn

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Explains where my pods went. Do we think they can wipe out a whole population cause I was kinda proud of all the pods I added from algea barn

Possibly- I'd expect a few survivors in most cases though.

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

So I need to count on buying more from algae barn after their disappearance. That sucks to cause that stuffs not cheap

 

[ItouchedThebutt]

Cool. Well thanks for y’all’s help!