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Just about to finish fishless cycle and i noticed very small white flea like creatures on the inside of the tank. Anyone experience something like this? I am using eco complete substrate with live plants. No fish yet. Just wondering if theyre parasites or fish food?
75 gallon planted rainbowfish tank
2 bosemanis
2 Parkinson's
3 yellows
3 banded
2 millenium reds
1 turquoise
3 bristlenose
4 peppered corys
29 gallon planted
2 angels
5 neon tetras
5 rummynose tetras
5 glolite tetras
2 German blue rams
1 bristlenose
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I dont think i could zoom in enough to get these little buggers. I think they may be cyclops after researching a little more. Not for sure though. The larger ones seem to have a pair of something? dragging behind.
75 gallon planted rainbowfish tank
2 bosemanis
2 Parkinson's
3 yellows
3 banded
2 millenium reds
1 turquoise
3 bristlenose
4 peppered corys
29 gallon planted
2 angels
5 neon tetras
5 rummynose tetras
5 glolite tetras
2 German blue rams
1 bristlenose
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Don't worry -- without fish in the tank they could not be parasites. There are all kinds of little critters in our tanks, most of which the fish will eat.
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theyre harmless, if anything the fish will eat them.
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Thanks for the comforting info. I also noticed some small white hairlike worms, around a quarter of an inch long. I guess they should be safe also? I have other tanks and never noticed creatures like these. guess I was lucky.
75 gallon planted rainbowfish tank
2 bosemanis
2 Parkinson's
3 yellows
3 banded
2 millenium reds
1 turquoise
3 bristlenose
4 peppered corys
29 gallon planted
2 angels
5 neon tetras
5 rummynose tetras
5 glolite tetras
2 German blue rams
1 bristlenose
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Well I added my fleet of tetras to their new home thinking I have a natural food source for a while. wrong! they weren't parasites ,but the tetras rid their natural food source in a day! there were hundreds of these things. and just like that they were gone. it was fun watching the frenzy while it lasted.
75 gallon planted rainbowfish tank
2 bosemanis
2 Parkinson's
3 yellows
3 banded
2 millenium reds
1 turquoise
3 bristlenose
4 peppered corys
29 gallon planted
2 angels
5 neon tetras
5 rummynose tetras
5 glolite tetras
2 German blue rams
1 bristlenose
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