bugs....good or bad?

[a_b1301]

hey,
ive got loads of these little guys in my tank, all different sizes. at the moment the tank is fishless due to my Ich experience so im going fishless for 2 months. i do however have one cleaner shrimp, hermit crab and a toadstool coral in there. ive not had the toadstool long and have seen a few of the bugs crawling on it, they are too tiny so see if they look like they are eating it. i just want to check the bugs are ok. will the fish eat them once they arrive?
here's the pic. i hope you can see them. these are some of the bigger ones...still only a few mm long.DSCF8697.jpg
thanks

 

[melosu58]

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[a_b1301]

so they look like the little isopods, should i be getting rid? if so how?

 

[cmor1701d]

Not all isopods are bad. If you can post a better pic (macro mode on the carmera if it has one), perhaps someone can help better idenitify it.

 

[Kurt_Nelson]

I don't think you've got isopods. Those really don't look like them, from what I'm seeing. Can't really tell the size, but since you describe them as tiny, my money would be on copepods.

 

[eric faatz]

IMO i think if you get fish they should eat them but im not sure.