What is this tiny bug?

[vanw]

I have lots of these attached to the glass of my tank. They are about 1mm in diameter. I couldn't take a picture of them because they are so small. Here's a drawing. They are white and have 6 legs.

 

[NJDragonet]

Thats good those are copepods you can get so many new fish when you have copepods in your tank lots of fish eat them including this beauty

 

[NJDragonet]

They grow in your tank when the levels are just right and the tank is cycled

 

[vanw]

Cool. That's what I was thinking, but if I search for images of copepods, they don't look anything like what I have.

 

[vetteguy53081]

NOT Copepods but Hydroids
looking like jellyfish, they can sting in numbers. Hard to kill but can be either pulled with tweezers or drop a dot of gel superglue over their center

 

[sfairtx]

Hydroids

 

[Bryce M.]

Yeah based on your drawing it's hydroids. get them out, they sting

 

[taricha]

Yes, hydroids - medusa, but the ones that show up on the glass like that are very temporary.
Nothing to break out the super glue for, IMO. When I dose live phyto, grow a bunch of baby copepods, these appear on the glass.