SeaDevl Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 gawd, i now have millions of tiny white dots on my glass, and they are moving! 20 gal long near the end of fishless cycle, plants in substrate, a couple floating.. I've been adding sachem stability for a few days on the advice from lfs. I'm fertilizing easy green, and fish flakes twice a week. i put in a piece of mangrove root saturday after giving it a good boiling water rinse.. i was so close and now i am starting to panic at this infestation.. any advice gratefully received! Seadevl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDevl Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 oh and my numbers last night..Ph 7.2 Ammonia 0.5 No2 2.0 No3 5.0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 If you can post a pic that would be helpful. Most of these little moving creatures are totally harmless and sometimes even beneficial (up to and including free fish food!). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 Scuds, seed shrimp, freshwater copepods are benign in most freshwater systems. They are not ideal in a shrimp tank although I know shrimpers who love them and have no issues. You should google those and see if there is a resemblance. Depending on what you plan to stock in your tank they may be very happy to have them as a food source. If you were enterprising you could take some of your gravel, plant trimmings/cuttings and tank water and put them in their own little tank and use them as your first live food! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDevl Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Wow, ok thanks.. Do you think they are from the SeaChem..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 No these things come from plants. Sometimes substrate but mostly plants. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDevl Posted February 1, 2022 Author Share Posted February 1, 2022 Ok thanks so much ill try for a pic when i get back home.. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDevl Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 well, i got home early this morning and.. no white movers! After further research i think they are detritus worms.. My nerite snail was all over the new piece of mangrove root and the water looked clearer..🤔 Im gonna test again in the morning.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameCzar Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 White moving dots on the glass, in my experience, is often limpets. If so they'll eat algae and are harmless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaDevl Posted February 2, 2022 Author Share Posted February 2, 2022 update 02feb22 white movers hardly visible Ph 7.2 Am 0.25 No2 2.0 No3 5.0 Ammonia down, Nitrites slightly up.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted February 2, 2022 Share Posted February 2, 2022 They are in your substrate and wherever they can find food. 😊 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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