Tiny Spiders on the Glass?

[MWelch]

Hey-
I had one of those as well. I took it in to Elite Aquatics to see if they could identify it-but to no avail. They are creepy looking little things that's for sure.
~M

[justinl]

well pods dont look like spiders but maybe that's it?
http://www.bbsr.edu/biodiversity/cre...d/copepod.jpeg

or maybe baby brittle stars? there's a few people on here that have had tons of baby brittles before.

[Pier Pressure]

No they do not look at all like that. I have a ton of brittle stars, though, so it is very likely they are brittle star babies. They just look like teeny, microscopic spiders.

[MWelch]

Right-but they don't move the same way a brittle star moves. They look like transparent spiders that are only about the size of a peppercorn or smaller. They are very strange looking.
~M

[Pier Pressure]

I betcha that is what they are for sure.

They are now gone off of the glass now so I am thinking somebody or something likes to snack on them. Or maybe they moved into the rocks.

I am just glad they are not some kind of infestation!