Help Please Anyone

[billybear22]

MY 90 GALLON IS INFESTED WITH THESE LIL WHITE WORM LIKE CREATURES VERY TINY YOU HAVE TO LOOK CLOSE ON THE GL;*** TO SEE THEM THEN YOU SEE THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS I THINK THERE PARASITES BUT JUST TO MAKE SURE I'M NOT KILLING OFF SOMETHING THAT IS BENIFICIAL TO THE TANK DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT THESE ARE THEIR ABOUT 1/64 OF AN INCH TOPS AND LIKE A LIL THREAD THEY JUST MOVE AROUND THE GLASS ALL DAY AND NIGHT I NEVER WOULD HAVE SEEN THEM IF I DID NOT STIR UP MY BED LOOKING FOR A LOST CLAM THEN AFTER I STIRRED UP THE CRUSHED CORAL IS WHEN THEY WERE ALL OVER THE GLASS SO THEY WERE IN THE SUBSTRATE ..PLEASE HELP

 

[Sk8r]

Sounds like copepods---they really look like little bugs when you use a magnifying glass. They're highly desirable if that's what you have: essential food for many small fish.

 

[Pufferpunk]

If they are tiny white worms, they are not harmful but they are caused from overfeeding & poor tank maintence. Are you doing water changes? Do you have a skimmer & liverock? How many fish in what sized tank?

 

[schmoeger6]

I agree with SK8R, it sounds like pods. I had the same thing when my tank was about 3 months old. Now with a Mandarin in the tank, I only see them at night.

 

[Rod Buehler]

Maybe larval stage of bristle worms. If so they are feeding on the excess detritus that is likely being trapped in the crushed coral.

 

[billybear22]

thank you all