Help!White creatures!!

[baplemark]

Evening everyone!

Just a quick question.I've come in from work today to find loads of tiny white creatures on the inside of the glass of the tank.Does anyone know if their harmful and if they are how to get rid of them as their are loads!They seem to just be on the inside of the glass and no where else in the tank.

thanks

Mark

 

[Curtswearing]

Do they crawl around or do they swim to move around.

They could be pods (copepods, amphipods, isopods)
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

They could be flatworms
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/flatworm.html

Copepods and amphipods are great to have.
Some isopods are bad to have.
Flatworms are usually bad to have.

 

[baplemark]

thanks for the reply,

They stick to the glass and seem to crawl around.The fish seem to be happy eating them though.

 

[baplemark]

thanks for the links,

they look like copepods.

 

[Krish]

Yeah, probably copepods. I have tons of them that live in my magnet glass cleaner that only come out at night

 

[Sk8r]

Copepods are good. Feed a little phyto to keep them going.

 

[baplemark]

Thanks for all ya answers,

I've been adding marine snow for the last week so i'm guessing thats why their all over the place!

 

[marinegeek101]

Whats marine snow?

 

[Haole]

Whats marine snow?

Look at the bottom of this page;
http://www.twolittlefishies.com/tlf_prod_foods.html?lang_id=1