Weird mite on top of water in fish tank.

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I have this orange looking mite on top of the water hopping around. I never noticed it last week. But this week I did. There are microscopic. There on my frogbit and inside glass. Help me out.

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I googled it and some similar images showed up that said they are just mites that are common with surface plants in aquariums. They don't pose a threat, some fish eat them and you can control the population by increasing surface agitation.


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Yeah I Googled searched as well. There called "Springtails" there harmless but I don't like them. Lol

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