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I noticed last night that I had a lot of larger white specs floating in my tank. So I spend some time to investigate, and noticed that they were larger than a copepod, and were definitely swimming, so it was not some sort of contaminant, and I presumed at first that they were a jelly fish because I had finally identified Hydroid Jellies on the glass of my tank. And I figured that maybe they had left the glass, and were now swimming, because I had not seen hardly any on the glass anymore. But then I turned my lights back on, and noticed that the little specs had eyes, and what appeared to be a body, and a large fin that went from behind the eyes, to the underneath. They are clear/white like a copepod, and seem only active at night. I caught 2 and placed them into a container so that I can monitor them, and placed the container into the back chamber next to the pump and heater, so as to keep a consistent temperature as the tank.
I added a large range of rotifers and plankton to my tank and a small amount to the container this morning. I also placed decapped brine eggs into the tank, and a drop into the container, was that okay? I know the decapped eggs won't harm my corals nor my other tank mates, so I was not too worried.
I also would like to add that I noticed them after I received my order from BlueZoo Aquatics, which consisted of 1 Pistol shrimp, 3 Pom Pom Crabs, 1 Emerald crab, a six line Wrasse, and Yellow Rose Goby(both fish are in a 10g quarantine tank) and a "Mushroom Grab bag" I received for free due to my purchase price.
Okay, to start off with tank info, my tank is relatively new, about a month and a half. I have biocube 29g, with the standard pump, live rock and sand, a protein skimmer, and I currently only have reticulated foam, and carbon. I have no circulation pump.
Livestock:
1 Pistol Shrimp
3 Pom Pom Crabs
2 Peppermint Shrimp
2 Emerald Crabs
Assorted hermits, most dwarf white leg hermits
Nassarius and Cerith snails
I also had hitch hiker vermitid snails, as well as some stomatella snalis.
I know that I have quite an abundance of Copepods, my water column is normally swarmed with little white pods.
I had a piece of blueish purple clove polyps and some meteor shower cyphastria I placed in the tank that have been in there for about a week or two now.
Water Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 0
Ca+: 420
KH: 8.5
And that is all I can remember from the test I did last night. If any more water parameters are needed, I can get them, just ask. I use the API test kit for Ammonia and Nitrate, and then the Red Sea titration kits for the rest.
I noticed last night that I had a lot of larger white specs floating in my tank. So I spend some time to investigate, and noticed that they were larger than a copepod, and were definitely swimming, so it was not some sort of contaminant, and I presumed at first that they were a jelly fish because I had finally identified Hydroid Jellies on the glass of my tank. And I figured that maybe they had left the glass, and were now swimming, because I had not seen hardly any on the glass anymore. But then I turned my lights back on, and noticed that the little specs had eyes, and what appeared to be a body, and a large fin that went from behind the eyes, to the underneath. They are clear/white like a copepod, and seem only active at night. I caught 2 and placed them into a container so that I can monitor them, and placed the container into the back chamber next to the pump and heater, so as to keep a consistent temperature as the tank.
I added a large range of rotifers and plankton to my tank and a small amount to the container this morning. I also placed decapped brine eggs into the tank, and a drop into the container, was that okay? I know the decapped eggs won't harm my corals nor my other tank mates, so I was not too worried.
I also would like to add that I noticed them after I received my order from BlueZoo Aquatics, which consisted of 1 Pistol shrimp, 3 Pom Pom Crabs, 1 Emerald crab, a six line Wrasse, and Yellow Rose Goby(both fish are in a 10g quarantine tank) and a "Mushroom Grab bag" I received for free due to my purchase price.
Okay, to start off with tank info, my tank is relatively new, about a month and a half. I have biocube 29g, with the standard pump, live rock and sand, a protein skimmer, and I currently only have reticulated foam, and carbon. I have no circulation pump.
Livestock:
1 Pistol Shrimp
3 Pom Pom Crabs
2 Peppermint Shrimp
2 Emerald Crabs
Assorted hermits, most dwarf white leg hermits
Nassarius and Cerith snails
I also had hitch hiker vermitid snails, as well as some stomatella snalis.
I know that I have quite an abundance of Copepods, my water column is normally swarmed with little white pods.
I had a piece of blueish purple clove polyps and some meteor shower cyphastria I placed in the tank that have been in there for about a week or two now.
Water Parameters:
Ammonia: 0
Nitrate: 0
Ca+: 420
KH: 8.5
And that is all I can remember from the test I did last night. If any more water parameters are needed, I can get them, just ask. I use the API test kit for Ammonia and Nitrate, and then the Red Sea titration kits for the rest.
