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Weird little white bugs?

Binditheaxolotl

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So when I was in my room earlier, I noticed these teeny tiny white bugs on the glass. They kind of jump to move around, and are to small to be picked up by my camera. I haven’t introduced any new things to aquarium, I’m thinking about getting some white clouds and shrimp soon, but I plan to quarantine them for 2 weeks dosing methylene blue and Furan2 before introducing them. So, nothing new has happened there. Her tank is over filtered with a 55 gallon sponge filter, and an aquaclear 20. The only other things she has in there are the occasional small pond snail, usually I crush them with my finger when I see them tho. I can’t really buy anything right now, unless it’s life threatening to her. I treat water with prime and her parameters are perfect, ammonia 0, nitrate 20, nitrite 0. I doubt it’s anything but any ideas? Her behavior is normal.
 

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Look up copepods and see if any resemble what you are seeing.

If so just symbiotic lifeforms fish will eventually eat.
Okay thank you! I just did and they look the same. I figured they weren’t a problem but wanted to check. Thank you! Hopefully if I get white clouds they will eat them, if not they aren’t causing problems.
 

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Copepods are a great addition to a tank. I wouldn't worry about them. Having a sustaining population is actually a great sign of aquarium health.
 
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