What are these TINY bugs

[eenoo]

I have these absolutely tiny bugs on my glass. must be less than .1mm total. These were taking with a very powerful macro lens. (images are too big to embed in R2R, so i used imgur link)


I thought maybe redbugs but i don't have any acros and i've read they don't live on glass. I don't think they are flatworms as they are absolutely tiny. Any clue?

 

[flagg37]

I can’t tell from the picture but my guess would be copepods.

 

[Dancingmad]

They look like "ghost flatworms" to me. Just a guess!

 

[Eagle_Steve]

I can’t get the video to load, but take a gander at the link below. You may be able to ID it with the examples in their list.

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[eenoo]

They look like "ghost flatworms" to me. Just a guess!

certainly not those, i've seen them in person many times and these are much smaller and a different shape, and not white.

I can’t get the video to load, but take a gander at the link below. You may be able to ID it with the examples in their list.

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The look similar to the pictures of the copepods, could they be that?

 

[Eagle_Steve]

certainly not those, i've seen them in person many times and these are much smaller and a different shape, and not white.




The look similar to the pictures of the copepods, could they be that?

From what you are describing, google gammarid amphipod. See if those resemble that. If they kind of look like it but a ton smaller, they are probably copepods of some sort.

 

[Dancingmad]

certainly not those, i've seen them in person many times and these are much smaller and a different shape, and not white.

Yeah, I think they're pods. I wasn't totally sure about the size from the pics - nothing to reference.

 

[eenoo]

Yeah, I think they're pods. I wasn't totally sure about the size from the pics - nothing to reference.

they are absolutely TINY. like, the picture is easier to see than with my eyes.

 

[AlgaeBarn]

Are you able to get a better photo? TBH, they don't look like pods, but we wouldn't be to tell you with any level of certainty without a better picture.

 

[Dierks]

Are you able to get a better photo? TBH, they don't look like pods, but we wouldn't be to tell you with any level of certainty without a better picture.

If you click on the picture it takes you to Imgur, then you can click on that picture to see really clear large pictures

 

[Dierks]

I put them in Photoshop and cropped the best "Bug" to help.

 

[Jfinn]

Isopod?

 

[eenoo]

I put them in Photoshop and cropped the best "Bug" to help.

Thank you for doing this!

This is literally the best picture i can get. This is with a 110mm macro lens nearly touching the glass. These things are insanely small.

 

[eenoo]

Are you able to get a better photo? TBH, they don't look like pods, but we wouldn't be to tell you with any level of certainty without a better picture.

looks like Dierks did some CSI Miami and enchanced the photos a bit. Any ideas on what it could be? As i said in my post just before this one this is with a very strong macro lens as close as i can get, these things are absolutely tiny and i would've never seen them if they werent scurrying around, they look like a speck of dust.

 

[Dierks]

Still no ID? I hope you figure it out...

 

[eenoo]

Still no ID? I hope you figure it out...

nope.

Leaning towards copepods but i've never seen anything like them tbh

 

[Dancingmad]

@eenoo

Algaebarn will know! Totally confident in those guys/gals.

It looks like a cyclopepod to me, but I'm just some layman hobbyist. I assume there are distinctions in critters that small that I'm not skilled enough to know

 

[eenoo]

Hey @AlgaeBarn any ideas with the new pictures?

 

[Shootermcg]

I put them in Photoshop and cropped the best "Bug" to help.

I'm no expert but I had a look through the hitchhikers guide added above and found something that looks really close to ur pic. Hope that helps a bit. Good luck

 

[eenoo]

Yea i saw that too. Thats what im leaning towards. They don't seem to harm anything in my mixed reef.