Tiny little white specks on glass-ID please

[MistaSparkL]

I was looking closely at my aquarium, and I have hundreds of these tiny white specks on my glass. They are almost microscopic--If I look really close I can see legs on them. It looks like a white speck with tiny, almost microcopic, clear legs--in the shape of a starfish. I can see a few white specks floating in the water column as well. They reappear after cleaning my glass in a day. I've also noticed that my fish have been eating them as well. Unfortunately, I can't get these things to show up on camera, but can anyone ID these organisms? Some sort of copepod? Are they harmless?

 

[MistaSparkL]

oops, wrong forum..should be in the identification section.

 

[melosu58]

Moved to ID forum.

 

[HoCkEyGmC]

sounds like pods, very common in tanks. And yep, theyre benefitial (fish food) =]

 

[roka64]

I'm going to guess small (can't remember the name at the moment) jellyfish.