demariners
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I seem to have these small white things with legs hanging on the glass. They are very small, maybe a 1/4 inch. Any ideas what these are and how to eliminate them?
Small Little "Bugs" on the glass....Not Sure?
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saltyjarhead
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I currently have the same and I would recommend keeping them as long as possible as they are fish food for many fish. I would bet they are copepods.
Allmost
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Could also be hydroid jellies.
demariners
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Defeinetly not hydroids based on the pictures I am seeing.....
I thought they may be copepods. No one is eating them however. I have a clown and hole tang. They are quite small and bright white with little black "eye" in the middle. Look very similar to flat worms but white.
I thought they may be copepods. No one is eating them however. I have a clown and hole tang. They are quite small and bright white with little black "eye" in the middle. Look very similar to flat worms but white.
Subw00er
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white flatworms look to have legs..
how do they move? Take a pic.
Google:
white flatworm
copepod (always on glass eating algae)
amphipod (dont usually hang on glass)
If they are white flatworms, that SUCKS. They are really hard to get rid of. salifert doesnt work on them very well and the only real way to control them that I've found is some sort of fish that preys on them. The worst part.. they eat copepods.
how do they move? Take a pic.
Google:
white flatworm
copepod (always on glass eating algae)
amphipod (dont usually hang on glass)
If they are white flatworms, that SUCKS. They are really hard to get rid of. salifert doesnt work on them very well and the only real way to control them that I've found is some sort of fish that preys on them. The worst part.. they eat copepods.
demariners
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I will TRY to take pictures but they are soooo small. Not sure they are flatworms. Keep posted.
Allmost
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if by white flatworm you mean amphiscolops, then they do no harm. but do eat pods.[ok maybe that's the harm they do
haha but no harm to corals I meant 
]pics of them on here for OP to see if that is what he has :
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2003354
http://www.wetwebmedia.com/flatworms.htm
I see no legs on flatworms. with naked eye
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demariners
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They look very simular to that picture. I will take a look when I get home. They do have legs of I recall.
demariners
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FYI, they are ALWAYS on the glass.
cloak
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demariners
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Copepods?
demariners
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If they are Copepods my clown and my kole tang arent eating them. They are all over the place on the glass and walls.
saltyjarhead
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They look like copepods to me and a lot of gobies and dragonettes eat them.
Allmost
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they are pods.
if your clown was to eat 100% of them, you would have none left
they are good creatures and part of reef.there are millions of them in a reef, and you do not want to get rid of them.
demariners
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I would not mind having them if they were not all over. I am glad to hear it is not anything bad though. They are on the glass so I am trying to find something that will eat them off the glass.
