Bugs in my tank!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[buddy25]

I think that I have bugs in my tank they are very small and look like ants but they are white and i seen them on my glass. Is this bad is there somthing wrong? I aslo seen two things that look like snails but they did not have shells and they were also white?

 

[drty811]

both are actually good. both are a sign that the tank is well established. i have them all over the place. most of the fish that i have had over the time, i have seen them all pick them off the glass and eat them.

 

[djconn]

copopods :mrgreen:

 

[Abarnswell]

On Day 7 of my cycling period, I too have bugs running around, crawling around, and swimming around. Little tiny things, barely visible to the naked eye. Still no amonia spikes, though. Everything is 0. I'll keep watching. I could stare at those darn rocks for hours.

 

[r00onmac]

funny. because i look at my tank for about an hour a day and just after reading this yesterday i noticed literally like 50 of those bug things this morning... hopefully they are the same ones you guys are talking about but they are soooo small i coudlnt possibly take a pic.. but they are all over the sand and rocks...

 

[incysor]

Copepods, or amphipods, most likely. They're a good sign.

Do a search for isopods. They're bad news, and you'll have to wait until you kill them all off before you can add fish if you have them.

B

 

[r00onmac]

i wonder if that is what my peppermint has been eating,,, you think hell eat them? cuz i have only seen him come out from behind the rockwork like twice, once at night and once to grab a flake after i fed my fish...