Pests in tank??

[calleighpark]

My 75 gal reef tank is about 4 months old. I have about 65 lbs of live rock and 6 inch bed of live sand. 6 or 7 soft corals. All was going well until today I noticed hundreds of little white worm like creatures about 1/8" in length, all over the glass. I don't know where they came from. I feed cyclopese and phytoplankton about every third or fourth day. and just started adding Coral Accel. Any ideas on what they are or how to get rid of them or even if they are harmful. Thanks Mike

 

[Paintbug]

chance are what you are seeing is not harmful. are these "creatures" moving around? or are they just swaying with the flow?

heres a site with some of the interesting things that may show up in your tank.
http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/hitchhikers.html

oh yeah
[welcome]

 

[calleighpark]

Thanks for the info. I just found the " Hitchhiker section" I think that the Isopods have moved in, in huge numbers!! They move all over the place! Mike

 

[Paintbug]

could be Isopods. most of them are harmles, theres a couple of them that are parasites. but you wouldnt see them running around on the glass .

 

[Shagsbeard]

I have them too... seems harmless enough to me.

 

[calleighpark]

Is there any way to get rid of some of them. They are everywhere and on everything!!! This is a reef only tank. Should I add a couple of my clowns?

 

[Paintbug]

theres no need to remove them. their population will decrease as the food supply does