white bugs on my glass

[dekay]

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]

Not flatworms, they're just little white bugs. And they're good for your tank! :razz:

[Bob I]

So true, I always had little white bugs when I set up a tank. They always disappeared soon, and never hurt anything. :eek:

[Quinn]

Copepods.

[Son Of Skyline]

Pods....good stuff.

[dekay]

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]

If you want to avoid killing any, blow them off with an eye dropper first before cleaning. They are probably copepods.

-Stephen

[Bartman]

Something in your tank will eventually eat them.

[kari]

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?