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dekay
10-27-2003, 04:07 PM
was looking at my tank last night and saw a lot of small white bugs moving around. at first i thought they were air bubbles. anyone know what they are? are they flat worms?
Aquattro
10-27-2003, 04:50 PM
Not flatworms, they're just little white bugs. And they're good for your tank! :razz:
Bob I
10-27-2003, 04:56 PM
So true, I always had little white bugs when I set up a tank. They always disappeared soon, and never hurt anything. :eek:
Quinn
10-27-2003, 06:00 PM
Copepods.
Son Of Skyline
10-27-2003, 06:10 PM
Pods....good stuff.
dekay
10-27-2003, 06:55 PM
does that mean it's a bad thing when i scrubbed them off with my magfloat last night? i was scrubbing algae from the glass and might have took some of them out. :frown:

guess i'll do most of my maintenance during the day rather than 2am in the morning.
Diomedes
10-28-2003, 07:59 PM
If you want to avoid killing any, blow them off with an eye dropper first before cleaning. They are probably copepods.

-Stephen
Bartman
10-28-2003, 08:04 PM
Something in your tank will eventually eat them.
kari
10-29-2003, 12:56 AM
does that mean it's a bad thing when i scrubbed them off with my magfloat last night? i was scrubbing algae from the glass and might have took some of them out. :frown:

guess i'll do most of my maintenance during the day rather than 2am in the morning.

Did the fish eat them as you cleaned the glass?