Bugs in my Aquarium? PLZ HELP!

[AnthonyTCaps]

Ok im a little freaked out there are like a hundred little white things rite at the water line and on the glass in my tank NEVER seen them before but i dont like were this is going. I use my scruber to try and dunk them figuring my fish wil just eat them but then the pop rite back up its really strange?! PLease what should i do what are they and are they going to kill my fish or infsest my tank and home?


Thanks Anthonythumbs2:

[Algenco]

sounds like seed shrimp, freshwater "pods", most fish eat them

[AnthonyTCaps]

alright but they dont look like shrimp at all and there super tiny im going to see if i can get a pic but i dont think ill be able to

[Lynn Conroy]

Do they look like little white worms. They wiggle and swim around?
They are Planaria. Yes, the fish will eat them but it's from overfeeding mainly and not keeping tank clean. They will reproduce. Try scooping out uneaten food and sucking the bottom and do a takedown.

[AnthonyTCaps]

no they almost look like little spiders kinda sorta not worm like at.

[Algenco]

oval shaped bugs smaller than a pinhead?

[AnthonyTCaps]

yes i think but they are brown now that i look really close

[Algenco]

seed shrimp, crawling on the glass , harmless

[AnthonyTCaps]

but hideous how do i destroy them?

[Algenco]

but hideous how do i destroy them?


good question, wish I had the answer.
You can siphon a lot of them, don't understand why the fish don't eat them, mine loved them

[AnthonyTCaps]

Alright i know its super poor quality but best i could do and maybe its just enough to make sure its what you think it is thanks a ton by the way.
Anthony

[Owlbehere]

look like little gnats of some sort... ? Wonder what they are?

[Lady Hobbs]

I would run my net across the waters surface and see if you can grab most of them. They look like some sort of a water bug to me.

[AnthonyTCaps]

the thing is, is there one the walls but i will try thanks.

[PUNISHER VETTE]

I think I have those on my floating plants. It might be some kind of mite.

See if you can drown them by having a lot of water surface movement.

[AnthonyTCaps]

alright i went and talked to the LFS and he said there algae gnats he said not to worry but i do so i did a tare down cleaned everything nice extra water change and looks good there are still a couple little guys left but im happy thanks for all the help!
Anthonythumbs2:

[Dave66]

I think I have those on my floating plants. It might be some kind of mite.

See if you can drown them by having a lot of water surface movement.

You got it, Punisher. Those are mites. They are feeding on the bio-scum on the top of the water. The hopping described and the photo says mites. If the original poster had dragged a clean sheet of paper across the top of the water to remove the food source, the mites would fade away.

Harmless creatures. They only bloom like that and become a plague when one overfeeds, doesn't vacuum the gravel or uses low-quality food that have a large quantity of fish oil in it.

It's the profusion of a food source that gives one a plague of mites. The original poster should re-evaluate his feeding and maintenance practices, or the mites will return in such numbers again.

Dave

[troy]

Do they look like little white worms. They wiggle and swim around?
They are Planaria. Yes, the fish will eat them but it's from overfeeding mainly and not keeping tank clean. They will reproduce. Try scooping out uneaten food and sucking the bottom and do a takedown.
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