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What Is This?

Started by wsantia1, July 13, 2020, 05:32:24 PM

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wsantia1

What I see on the leaves of a plant in my shrimp tank.

Willie

Too Many Fish. Not Enough Tanks.

BillT

It looked like they may be moving in jumps. If so, might be a copepod.

There are lots of small things that can live in water systems. There are little things related to daphnia and moina that mostly just craw over surfaces.
I have books on what lives in sewage plants (a big biological filter). There are thousands of single celled things and lot of worms and arthropods that are mostly small.

I recently found some black worms living in a tank I had not fed black worms to in more than two years!

Barb

Not baby shrimp Willie,  but whatever they are I think your adult shrimp will surely eat them.  I had some little white crawly things on the glass of my shrimp tank.  A couple days later every one was gone. 
Barb

Barb

and it isn't the thing Liz had on some of hers. 

wsantia1

Thanks for the feedback Bill and Barb. I haven't looked at the tank closely today but I will be doing water changes on it later this morning.
Willie

Too Many Fish. Not Enough Tanks.

Ron Sower

...I agree with Bill...probably a copepod of some type...not parasitic...
Happy Aquariuming,
Ron