mwita06
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
My tank was fine up until this morning. Two days ago I noticed some white growths on the back wall of my tank. They looked like tiny fat pineapples. So I used my long scraper, and got them off the wall, easy enough. So this morning I wake up and my tank in infested with tiny white little critters. They are all over the glass, in the watter. They are small enough to pass through the filter so they are coming out of there too. I can see them actually moving on the front wall. They are about 1/2 the size of a ball point pen ball, and have little multiple legs. I think now that those things I scraped off were some kind of pods or egg sacks, and me scraping them off caused them to hatch.
My fish are stressed beyond stressed, and covered all over with them. At first I thought it was ick, but then I saw them all over the place. Perhaps they will cause ick. Are they ick? Will they die off? I cant tell if my fish have ick or those things on them or both. But they were not there last night, and now my fish are covered with them.
I need to know what they are, how to get rid of them, what do I need to do TONIGHT!!!; Kick Ick, something Reef Safe???? I cant possibly remove all the inverts and fish from the tank, I only have a 3 gallon hospital tank, there would be significant losses. They are everywhere, I need to treat the whole tank.
What do I do?????????? Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 gallon acrylic reef tank, 55-70 pounds of live rock, live sand, up an running for 2 years. 3 small Angler fish, 8 mushroom covered rocks, several anemones, small coral, small hermit crabs, and 2 large snails. Emperor 400 filtration system, heater 290 watts, jbj compact 292 watts, power head w/ sponge filter.
My fish are stressed beyond stressed, and covered all over with them. At first I thought it was ick, but then I saw them all over the place. Perhaps they will cause ick. Are they ick? Will they die off? I cant tell if my fish have ick or those things on them or both. But they were not there last night, and now my fish are covered with them.
I need to know what they are, how to get rid of them, what do I need to do TONIGHT!!!; Kick Ick, something Reef Safe???? I cant possibly remove all the inverts and fish from the tank, I only have a 3 gallon hospital tank, there would be significant losses. They are everywhere, I need to treat the whole tank.
What do I do?????????? Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
50 gallon acrylic reef tank, 55-70 pounds of live rock, live sand, up an running for 2 years. 3 small Angler fish, 8 mushroom covered rocks, several anemones, small coral, small hermit crabs, and 2 large snails. Emperor 400 filtration system, heater 290 watts, jbj compact 292 watts, power head w/ sponge filter.