Bugs in my aquarium?

[Alexis56]

I am finding A LOT of these things crawling around my live rock/sand. Can anyone tell me what it is? If its harmful? And how can I co trol them?

 

[carey]

That would be a pod i believe. Perfectly harmless and good for your tank. Some fish like to eat em and they eat leftover tiny food. I;ve seen pods fight in my tank over a food pellet LOL.

Youre doing something right if you have pods.

 

[Alexis56]

Okay! *sigh of relief haha! Thanks! Do you you know any fish I could add to my aquarium to help control the number of these?

 

[carey]

There are numerous fish that eat them but you really want to keep them. lol You will notice as your tank ages that sometimes you will have a zillion and then in a week or two they will settle down in numbers. They are actually a good cleanup crew for small stuff. Get a flashlight at night when all the lights are out and you will see them going crazy all over the rock. lol I just cleaned out my filter sock last night and had a bunch of huge ones in there that got on my hand, they were creepy to feel on my skin. LOL But overall a good thing to have,

 

[Alexis56]

Oh okay! Thanks for all your help!