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Old 10-27-2003, 04:07 PM
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was looking at my tank last night and saw a lot of small white bugs moving around. at first i thought they were air bubbles. anyone know what they are? are they flat worms?
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Not flatworms, they're just little white bugs. And they're good for your tank!
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Old 10-27-2003, 04:56 PM
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So true, I always had little white bugs when I set up a tank. They always disappeared soon, and never hurt anything.
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Copepods.
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does that mean it's a bad thing when i scrubbed them off with my magfloat last night? i was scrubbing algae from the glass and might have took some of them out.

guess i'll do most of my maintenance during the day rather than 2am in the morning.
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If you want to avoid killing any, blow them off with an eye dropper first before cleaning. They are probably copepods.

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Something in your tank will eventually eat them.
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does that mean it's a bad thing when i scrubbed them off with my magfloat last night? i was scrubbing algae from the glass and might have took some of them out.

guess i'll do most of my maintenance during the day rather than 2am in the morning.
Did the fish eat them as you cleaned the glass?
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