Pods or baby snails or ?

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I just got back from a 4 day trip and noticed hundres-to-thousands of little critters I've never seen before. Tank is 1 year old and always pretty sterile (dry rock, no frags, just fish and inverts added). Nothing added in the last few months either. I thought they were pods but then I thought baby snails, but I dont really know. They are extremely tiny and numerous. Attached are a bunch of videos.
 

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They don’t move like snails
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Upload you videos to YouTube and then post here so everyone can see them

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Looks like dwarf cerith snails to me. I have a bunch of them. Mine are about 1/4” to 3/8”. They stay that small too. They are a great part of CUC.
 
Sophies mom said:
Looks like dwarf cerith snails to me. I have a bunch of them. Mine are about 1/4” to 3/8”. They stay that small too. They are a great part of CUC.
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The video makes it look like they are walking
 
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Sophies mom said:
Looks like dwarf cerith snails to me. I have a bunch of them. Mine are about 1/4” to 3/8”. They stay that small too. They are a great part of CUC.
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I do have a bunch of dwarf ceriths in the tank already, so maybe
 
ISpeakForTheSeas said:
Looks like probably ostracods to me - harmless/beneficial if so.
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This is my best guess so far, thanks.
Since some people couldnt view my videos, they look *exactly* like what this guy had:
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Ostracod or Acro White Bugs?

Hi all! I've recently had an explosion of these guys in my tank and I'm trying to determine if they have any correlation to a recent decline in several types of SPS (for perspective though my tank is relatively new so it may just not be time for SPS yet). I have a strong suspicion they're...
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I will try to get a microscope view of them.
 
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Ok, I put them under the microscope this morning. I have no idea. They have a bunch of legs and hair. Can anyone identify these creepy crawlies for me?
 

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maxberter said:
Ok thanks, still my best guess, but I couldn't find examples on the web that had hairs and long legs like these do.
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Here's a couple for comparison:
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A new ostracod: Bairdoppilata scaura

Ostracods are often called seed shrimp which is in reference to their body shape. Their bodies are flattened from side to side and protec...
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This last one has a lot, but they're spread out throughout the paper:
Plenty of ostracods look similar to this - most of the ones I'm aware of are Bairdiid Ostracods (from the taxonomic family Bairdiidae).
 
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