JVH
Well-Known Member
I have an outbreak of tiny white bugs.. First they were covering just back of the glass. Now they are everywhere!
Tried to take pictures but it does not come out at all I would say most of them are oval shape? Yet some are round but almost to tiny to even see...
I believe some of them to be Copepods because I have seen them in my tank but since I can't make all of them out I am not sure if there that or something else...or could be a combination of two different things?
The fish sometimes eat them off the glass.. Is that a good guide to assume that it's a desirable pod?
I thought they were disappearing because they seemed to be only a few hundred this morning there is thousands! It seems sometimes there are more and sometimes they're less.. The sizes vary also. So even the largest one does not come out in the picture except of the little egg shape...
90% of what I found on a search says Copepods or amphpods of course I did find a couple of people saying it's snails having babies was they are very tiny some creature develops from overfeeding! Definitely don't want some weird creature in my tank!!
Do I need to worry about any of that? And how do I know? Can I tell once and for all what it is?
Can I assume it's okay because the Fish are eating it because they wouldn't eat some other kind of nasty bug? Right?
Can people who have had this experience please let me know?
As a sidenote when my tank first cycle a while back I had an outbreak but it went away within a day or two and I've had nothing until this weekend and my tank is about 10 weeks old. Water parameters are good The exception of nitrate at about 30ppm goes down to about 10 after a water change.. And minimal phosphate readings getting better..
Tried to take pictures but it does not come out at all I would say most of them are oval shape? Yet some are round but almost to tiny to even see...
I believe some of them to be Copepods because I have seen them in my tank but since I can't make all of them out I am not sure if there that or something else...or could be a combination of two different things?
The fish sometimes eat them off the glass.. Is that a good guide to assume that it's a desirable pod?
I thought they were disappearing because they seemed to be only a few hundred this morning there is thousands! It seems sometimes there are more and sometimes they're less.. The sizes vary also. So even the largest one does not come out in the picture except of the little egg shape...
90% of what I found on a search says Copepods or amphpods of course I did find a couple of people saying it's snails having babies was they are very tiny some creature develops from overfeeding! Definitely don't want some weird creature in my tank!!
Do I need to worry about any of that? And how do I know? Can I tell once and for all what it is?
Can I assume it's okay because the Fish are eating it because they wouldn't eat some other kind of nasty bug? Right?
Can people who have had this experience please let me know?
As a sidenote when my tank first cycle a while back I had an outbreak but it went away within a day or two and I've had nothing until this weekend and my tank is about 10 weeks old. Water parameters are good The exception of nitrate at about 30ppm goes down to about 10 after a water change.. And minimal phosphate readings getting better..
