Super super small white dots - pods?

[One Reefing Boi]

Are these baby pods? Video doesn’t do it justice, they look like micro bubbles. They’re so so so so small. Like I know what normal adult pods look like, and these are probably 10x smaller. The snail is about 1/4” long for reference. I’d say they are a similar thickness to a strand of hair (that’s how small we are talking)

Their movement is what has me interested because they move smooth and somewhat continuously, not the traditional movement I expect from a pod that’s a bit more jerky motion. If these are pods, I would literally have billions in my tank based on their density

 

[azreefkeeper]

Small enough to need a microscope but it’s clear that they are definitely driven by individual locomotion and not water movement. My guess was a some type of arthropod but no idea what kind. The microscope would help because amphibious have paired eyes whereas copepods have a single eye.

 

[One Reefing Boi]

Small enough to need a microscope but it’s clear that they are definitely driven by individual locomotion and not water movement. My guess was a some type of arthropod but no idea what kind. The microscope would help because amphibious have paired eyes whereas copepods have a single eye.

Maybe I’ll pick up a microscope and take a look.