White Bugs?

[Tetra84]

Over the last few nights i've been seeing little white bugs on one of of my acros. I've seen red bugs before and these don't look like them.. but they move around on the surface of the coral sorta quickly. All looking online for pest don't really turn up what i'm seeing. I haven't added anything to the tank in over 6 months, and I'm just starting to see them.. Any ideas? Could they just be non parasitic mites or some type of tiny pods?

 

[ct_vol]

Sounds like amphipods to me. Do they look like this?

 

[Tetra84]

hard to tell. they are sort of the same size as redbugs.. but like I said, they aren't redbugs..

 

[ct_vol]

If they are the same size as redbugs they are likely Copepods...

 

[Mr tap water]

Hi there
One reason for Outbreaks of Co pods Are usually caused by overfeeding

 

[Tetra84]

hmm ok.. thanks guys!

 

[trueblackpercula]

I know what you are talking about as I have see them as we'll. they are tiny and are not redbugs and to be honest I can't find a way to take a good picture of them. I only see them when the lights are vet low or after the lights go out. Can you take a picture? I used a power head to blow them off about a month ago and have not seen them since. The only way I can describe them is they look like tiny pods that eat algea. Anyone else seen these little white creatures?
Also I did not see any bit marks or RTN or STN

 

[mgraf]

I had some tiny white bugs on a frogspawn colony about a year ago. They were not pods. Irritated the frogspawn. Couple buyer dips and they were gone.

 

[Tetra84]

I know what you are talking about as I have see them as we'll. they are tiny and are not redbugs and to be honest I can't find a way to take a good picture of them. I only see them when the lights are vet low or after the lights go out. Can you take a picture? I used a power head to blow them off about a month ago and have not seen them since. The only way I can describe them is they look like tiny pods that eat algea. Anyone else seen these little white creatures?
Also I did not see any bit marks or RTN or STN

yeah they don't look like they are bothering the coral any, just seem strange/suspicious loitering around on my coral.. only seen at night.

 

[trueblackpercula]

I only seen them on my purple garf bonsai

 

[ct_vol]

yeah they don't look like they are bothering the coral any, just seem strange/suspicious loitering around on my coral.. only seen at night.

Sounds like a group of teenagers.

 

[Tetra84]

Sounds like a group of teenagers.

lol.. yeah, just like that.