Little white bugs

[Regen311]

Sometimes, which I lift the hood to feed my fish, I notice these tiny white bugs jump away from where I opened the hood. I usually see just 3 or 4, and they really are tiny... I don't even know what size they are to compare them to anything. But they really are just little specks. Any idea what these are? Where they came from? Anything? (It's a 55 gallon tank, planted with a few low light plants)

 

[theotheragentm]

Do you have Ghost Shrimp in the tank? It could be larvae, but most likely it's probably just some kind of freshwater mite, nothing to be concerned about.

 

[Regen311]

no ghost shrimp...

 

[hsherman1986]

either copepods, cyclops, or daphnia. Or some sort of water mites.

The fish might eat them, if they ever go in the water.