bugs?

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  1. HORTON16

    HORTON16 Sea Dragon

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    I am cycling my tank and i have little bugs i saw at least 2 crawling around my live rock. they are very small and white
    what could they be?
    are the bad?

    Thanks
     
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  3. cornfacereef

    cornfacereef Astrea Snail

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    Are those the bugs they call coed bugs, yeah they move around the rock and sneak in and out of little holes.

    I wonder what they are doing because they look very busy looking around for more friends.
     
  4. HORTON16

    HORTON16 Sea Dragon

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    so they are not bad?
     
  5. cornfacereef

    cornfacereef Astrea Snail

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    Well I dont think they are bad cause they seem to talk to eachother all the time.

    It's almost like watching them want to fight and then walk away from eachother and go onto the next one and stuff.

    They are the small shrimps in the tank, because the big one will eat them.
     
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  6. lunatik_69

    lunatik_69 Giant Squid

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    They 're fine, thats normal.
     
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  7. HORTON16

    HORTON16 Sea Dragon

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  9. paulg

    paulg Feather Duster

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    yes most likely copepods, very good, my fish munch on them when they can. Larger ones are Amphipods, spelling prolly isnt right on that one. They look almost like, well to me, an opaque cricket. I fing alot in my filter media when doing my housekeeping on the tank. So, yes, they are both very good
     
  10. geekdafied

    geekdafied 3reef Sponsor

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    copepods, amphipods, isopods and various other little critters. Hard to tell with a pic.