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03-22-2005, 11:28 AM
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bugs????????????
OK this is a new one on me
My daughter is always looking at my tank for me, sometimes a good thing sometimes a bad thing but she does tend to notice every little thing Today she calls me to tell me theres bugs all over the bottom of my tank, I asked what kind of bugs, she says small or even smaller then ants and white looking, what is this?????????????????? |
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03-22-2005, 11:55 AM
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Sounds like amphipods and/or copepods. Mostly good guys. Signs of a healthy system and a great source of food for many "hard to feed" bottom dwellers.
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03-22-2005, 12:23 PM
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thank you, you've both made me happy, I was thinking I broke out with some new alien form of things that was going to take over my tank
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