Unidentified Bugs in Newt Tank

MantaRaid

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Just wondering if anyone could identify these bugs? I've checked a couple different resources and im not really seeing anything that matches. They are tiny, about the size of a grain of sand and hop around kind of like fleas on the surface of the water. No matter how many water changes i do they keep coming back. They dont seem to be hurting anything they just kind of gross me out. I think they came in with my usual scoop of blackworms from the pet store.
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They are springtails. They won't hurt anything.
 
Could be that to, whatever its I am sure it is not harmful
 
I was leaning toward springtail, it just didnt quite match any of the pictures i was seeing. After looking up snow fleas, which turns out are a type of springtail, i learned there are hundreds of different species under the name springtail and this is likely one of them. Thanks!
 
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