Found something new in my tank

Good morning,

This morning i was doing mainanance on my tank and in the fuge i found a few of these tenticle creachers growing. I also found these little water bugs. I dont know what they are.

Are these bad for the tank?

The little bugs seem to be growing in numbers.

Thanks for your help.

 

i beleive the first picture is aiptasia and the bugs are copods aiptasia not good they will spred quick and the copods/Amphipod they can be food for fishies there harmless

 

Aiptasia, get rid of it. Throw it down the tiolet where they belong.



luna

 

The third pic is a Copod(sp) safe to have.



luna

 

Cool i was going to buy some copods to seed the tank. looks like i dont have to now. Thanks. Glad i dont see any Aiptasia in my main display tank.

Thanks for the help

 

You're lucky the aiptasia is on a little rock or something..you can just pull it out. They can be a pain to remove if they're stuck to a big piece of LR.

 

+1 great ID guys.....

 

Actually the pod is an isopod in the family Munnidae. Very hard to identify, they're usually called munnid isopods. They are micro-grazers & fine food for other organisms.

 

Thanks guys. The aiptasia was acualy in my fuge. i found all the pieces attached to my macro algae. Very easy to dispose of.