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Posted by surewest on April 1, 2005, 3:21 pm
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I have a small 10 gal nano reef setup with a
marineland filter w/bio-wheel and also a Jebo
protein skimmer. About 9lbs of live rock
a feather duster, a few peppermint shrimp and
two hermit crabs.
As I like to watch what's going on I had purchased
a magnifier glass and that is when I noticed very
tiny but 100's of whitish/clear bugs on the side of my
glass. I'd say 10-20 would fit on a pin head.
Anyone know what they are, and do I have a problem,
or just another food source without the right fish to eat them?
Thanks
John
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Posted by Ray Martini on April 1, 2005, 3:36 pm
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I recently noticed the same type of creatures in my tank. From what I've
read on Wet Web Media they're some form of zooplankton or amphipods. Nothing
to be alarmed about. I think they're rock hitchhikers. Here's the link to
the article(s).
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/planktonfaqs.htm
>I have a small 10 gal nano reef setup with a
> marineland filter w/bio-wheel and also a Jebo
> protein skimmer. About 9lbs of live rock
> a feather duster, a few peppermint shrimp and
> two hermit crabs.
>
> As I like to watch what's going on I had purchased
> a magnifier glass and that is when I noticed very
> tiny but 100's of whitish/clear bugs on the side of my
> glass. I'd say 10-20 would fit on a pin head.
>
> Anyone know what they are, and do I have a problem,
> or just another food source without the right fish to eat them?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
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> you can hide your own Easter eggs.
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Posted by Pszemol on April 1, 2005, 9:47 pm
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> Anyone know what they are, and do I have a problem,
> or just another food source without the right fish to eat them?
Probably copepods.
Part of the zooplankton - normal stuff in a healthy reef tank.
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Posted by surewest on April 2, 2005, 1:11 pm
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Thanks, A 10gal is so sensitive, I just
got worried and thought I had some type
of infestation. Glad it's normal.
John
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>> Anyone know what they are, and do I have a problem,
>> or just another food source without the right fish to eat them?
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> Probably copepods.
> Part of the zooplankton - normal stuff in a healthy reef tank.
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Posted by Marc Levenson on April 6, 2005, 5:22 am
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Here are some images of these tiny white dots I saw in my
son's tank:
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod1.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod2.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod3.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod4.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod5.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepod6.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepods.jpg
http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0305/copepods2.jpg
Copepods are part of the food chain. If you dose your tank
with live phytoplankton, the copepods will eat it. And some
fish eat copepods, such as wrasses and mandarins. The
circle of life... even in a 10g nano. :)
Marc
surewest wrote:
> Thanks, A 10gal is so sensitive, I just
> got worried and thought I had some type
> of infestation. Glad it's normal.
>
> John
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> marineland filter w/bio-wheel and also a Jebo
> protein skimmer. About 9lbs of live rock
> a feather duster, a few peppermint shrimp and
> two hermit crabs.
>
> As I like to watch what's going on I had purchased
> a magnifier glass and that is when I noticed very
> tiny but 100's of whitish/clear bugs on the side of my
> glass. I'd say 10-20 would fit on a pin head.
>
> Anyone know what they are, and do I have a problem,
> or just another food source without the right fish to eat them?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
> --
>
>
> Dr5000
>
> | ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø,¸¸,ø¤°`°¤ø