Tiny white bugs on glass

[Kevin Polap]

Hey, I was just looking at my fishtank and I noticed these tiny white bugs on my glass scooting around, can anyone tell me what these are? Should I be worried?

 

[melosu58]

Nothing to worry about. Just harmless pods that will end up as fish food.

 

[Kevin Polap]

Thanks mike, do you recommend any fish or invertebrates to eat them up? I'm not sure what to put in there seeing as I have a grouper tank and I'm not sure what to put in that won't get eaten by them

 

[trackfast]

They're a sign of a healthy tank. I don't think you should worry about them.

 

[Kevin Polap]

Thanks track

 

[mistermismatch]

They're a sign of a healthy tank. I don't think you should worry about them.

+1

wish i had pods. they are difficult to get thriving in the tank but once there they provide tasty little treats for fish

 

[uscamaro]

Are they white circles with different number of legs branching off of them (looks like a sun)?

 

[Kevin Polap]

I did have those yes, but today when was looking at the tank, those little Sun looking things were gone and there were bugs everywhere. What were those sun looking things?

 

[mr_X]

are these the guys?

 

[Kevin Polap]

Its hard to say X, they look smaller than that and not as many legs all around them, more roundish and the size of a grain of sand, thanks
kevin

 

[mr_X]

those are pretty small. just dots to the naked eye.

 

[Kevin Polap]

Yeah :/ they are pretty small, thanks for your help Doug

 

[uscamaro]

I thought those sun-looking specs were coralline, but I found a picture of what I'm talking about, and they say it's a hydroid. Do you have these?

 

[RicknMo]

I have a new tank that has the same thing. Will they continue to live in the tank or eventually die off.

 

[mr_X]

that's a hydroid. that variation disappears over time. the creature i posted is an isopod.