Today we shut off the powerheads in our tank to do some maintenance and noticed a swarm of tiny red bugs at the surface of the water. At first I assumed they were the "red bugs" I've been hearing about affecting peoples SPS coral. I did a little research and found that red bugs are actually yellow with little red heads. The bugs I see are tiny and all red. Here is a picture, they are very small and was unable to get a good focus on them.
To give an idea of size, the frame of this image is about 3\16" wide. I photographed these bugs stuck to the side of the tupperware container I collected them in. The bugs stuck to the side in this picture seemed to expand and flatten out and were larger than the ones still swimming around in the water.
Does anyone know what these might be? I wish I had a microscope to get a better look at them.
To give an idea of size, the frame of this image is about 3\16" wide. I photographed these bugs stuck to the side of the tupperware container I collected them in. The bugs stuck to the side in this picture seemed to expand and flatten out and were larger than the ones still swimming around in the water.
Does anyone know what these might be? I wish I had a microscope to get a better look at them.