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Old 10-17-2006, 04:10 PM
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I have a tank that I have noticed lots of little bugs crawling around on the glass.
they are insect like with antenna and are almost clear in colour.
they are about 1 mm in length.
I would try to take a picture but I wouldn't be able to zoom in that much.
any ideas as to they may be?
and no, they aren't amipods or copepods...lol
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I have a tank that I have noticed lots of little bugs crawling around on the glass.
they are insect like with antenna and are almost clear in colour.
they are about 1 mm in length.
I would try to take a picture but I wouldn't be able to zoom in that much.
any ideas as to they may be?
and no, they aren't amipods or copepods...lol
thanks
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Hmm, I notice something similar on my tank walls as well. Mine are white though, small antenna.. they resemble a mini snail of some sort.

Sorry, kind of a useless post....do yours resemble a snail/slug at all?
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i have noticed a small weird snail looking thing that appeared to have no shell..it was about the size of a nassarius snail.
and the critters are white as well..they are just so small that they are pretty much transparent.
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Sounds like maybe Flatworms
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i have noticed a small weird snail looking thing that appeared to have no shell..it was about the size of a nassarius snail.
and the critters are white as well..they are just so small that they are pretty much transparent.

Hmm.. mine are white as well. Does yours resemble a flatworm? Mine are more-so round shaped tiny white dots with antenna.
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mine have legs...
not really worm like- they look more like a flea more than a worm
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They are pods.
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what type of pods?
there are 100's of them crawling around the tank
They aren't ampipods...much smaller and look different.
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They will grow into some kind of amphipod or copo pod, they are a good thing though.
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