White bugs on glass

[horseplay]

I have these white bugs showing up on glass. It's hard to photograph they would just like little white dots. About 1/2 mm size and pretty solid white color. Do not move like worms seems like little pods. They covers 1/3 of the glass area you'll see maybe 5 within 1 square inch. I have never seem pods like this just wondering if they're good or bad. Maybe I should get a mandarin to eat them. I do have a copperband and melanarus in the tank they don't eat them.

 

[PaReeferJ]

Do they move around or stay in one spot?

 

[horseplay]

Some move slowly but most stay in on place kind of shaking a little maybe caused by the water movement.

 

[PaReeferJ]

There prob pods. Live fish food

 

[jetmaker]

Some move slowly but most stay in on place kind of shaking a little maybe caused by the water movement.

Don't sound like a pod. May be snail eggs or sponges.

 

[jetmaker]

I have these white bugs showing up on glass. It's hard to photograph they would just like little white dots. About 1/2 mm size and pretty solid white color. Do not move like worms seems like little pods. They covers 1/3 of the glass area you'll see maybe 5 within 1 square inch. I have never seem pods like this just wondering if they're good or bad. Maybe I should get a mandarin to eat them. I do have a copperband and melanarus in the tank they don't eat them.

If you get some pics up I can get people here that will give you a positive ID.

 

[jetmaker]

@KJ or @Lionfish Lair

 

[dnyceli]

Pods. I have them crawling and wiggling around on glass and on my rocks
. Baby pods

 

[scardall]

copapods mostly and some arthropods as well. The more the merry, especially if you have a mandarin. some people pay to obtain them.

 

[jetmaker]

I've never had any on tank glass and none that sounds like what you have.

 

[jetmaker]

I may be delirious but 30+ yrs never seen a white copapod or anthra.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Don't forget isopods. They will cover the glass and look bug-like......and white.

 

[Monroereef]

They are snail eggs.

 

[jetmaker]

We need a pic

 

[jetmaker]

Don't forget isopods. They will cover the glass and look bug-like......and white.

I've personally never seen white isos either I think snail eggs to.

 

[scardall]

I have been told this by many individuals by them observing them and by my descriptions. They usually show up when you have dino's on the glass. They are imported off of rock from other tanks that had them in it. Plus I don't always see them unless I let algae stay on
the glass for awhile. Below are some pics from the net,that I found. https://www.google.com/search?q=cop...=MlTBVvLSKIXcmQGhrpaYBg#imgrc=ZDXPexugzht_9M:

 

[jetmaker]

I have been told this by many individuals by them observing them and by my descriptions. They usually show up when you have dino's on the glass. They are imported off of rock from other tanks that had them in it. Plus I don't always see them unless I let algae stay on
the glass for awhile. Below are some pics from the net,that I found. https://www.google.com/search?q=copepods+on+glass+of+aquarium&tbm=isch&imgil=cQu6UKMV8J2Z0M%3A%3BF9KiFr0dEq0bdM%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fsandbaraquatics.com%252Fwhat-are-these-white-bugs-in-my-aquarium%252F&source=iu&pf=m&fir=cQu6UKMV8J2Z0M%3A%2CF9KiFr0dEq0bdM%2C_&usg=__hnjSIpJa2vmjn7Zax2bZ9MI_tUM=&biw=1280&bih=904&ved=0ahUKEwjys4i49_jKAhUFbiYKHSGXBWMQyjcIKQ&ei=MlTBVvLSKIXcmQGhrpaYBg#imgrc=ZDXPexugzht_9M:

I've never seen that.

 

[jetmaker]

I don't believe a lot of information out there I've found so much bad info it's kinda pethetic but I still say snail eggs.

 

[Monroereef]

I will post a pic of my frag tank. My frag tank is ALWAYS covered with these white dots. They are like stars in the sky. You cannot count them. They do not move but they are there. I scrape them off, they come back. They are snail eggs and some are tube worms.

 

[horseplay]

Mine just like what's in the pictures. They are not snail eggs. Snail eggs don't move. Plus you can kind of see their legs. They're not Isopoda either. I have plenty of these so I know what they are. Will try my best to get a picture when the light is on.