Millions of tiny microscopic bugs on glass?

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  1. Katie Grant

    Katie Grant Aiptasia Anemone

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    Ik its hard without a picture, but they are wayyyy to small that id ever be able to get one.

    If i look close there are millions of little, clear, white bugs all over my glass...

    they kind of look like some kind of pod.

    but ive never seen them so small befor.

    This good? Or is there some kind of other small white clear bugs that are bad?
     
    Katie Grant, Sep 24, 2011
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  2. Katie Grant

    Katie Grant Aiptasia Anemone

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    also it looks likt theres little antennas on both sides
     
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  3. 1.0reef

    1.0reef Giant Squid

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    pods probably.
     
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  4. BioFreak

    BioFreak Feather Duster

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    Don't worry its pods, some of them can be some small they are invisible to the human eye and you would actually have to look at them through a microscope.
     
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  5. sucker_fish

    sucker_fish Astrea Snail

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    +1 on pods, they are all over my biocube. Just let them keep multiplying until one day they try and take over the world. ;D
     
    sucker_fish, Sep 25, 2011
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  6. chappy85

    chappy85 Coral Banded Shrimp

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    Copepods?
    I think thats what I decided on for my teeny tiny ones
    thanks to someone from 3reef (can't remember exactly who sorry!) and this handy link
     
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  7. dinkanber

    dinkanber Skunk Shrimp

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    ok i just logged on to ask this same exact question.What are pods and what do they do.Are they bad.I got a video you can kinda see them moving twards the end
    fleas - YouTube
     
    dinkanber, Sep 25, 2011
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  8. scubasteve1606

    scubasteve1606 Plankton

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    +1 for pods.. my mandarin would eat them up
     
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  9. Ashevillian

    Ashevillian Pajama Cardinal

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    copepods are cool, amphipods are creepy both are good -- i used to have a lot of them with the little antenna's now the only one's i see are much smaller and have a black spot in their abdomen. i think my wrasse has picked off most of the bigger ones, they usually hide in my macroalgae or in my hydrometer
     
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  10. VPBassist

    VPBassist Bristle Worm

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    I just found these things on my tank glass last night actually. I thought they were bubbles on the glass at first until they started running around. Thanks for the infomation about them.
     
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