Help! What is this in my tank?

lu

lu

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It wasn't there last night but this morning on my pump thingy (the black tube that goes down in the tank) I noticed a lot of tiny little brown things. They look like tiny brown little pieces or chips of rice. What the H*LL is it?? If it's bad, I'm gonna take that thing apart and scrub the h*ll out of it. If it's good stuff, please let me know so I don't get rid of it...
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kimf

kimf

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.I have no idea what it is, but my post should move you back to the top and hopefully someone else will look and know the answer.
 
lu

lu

Member
Never mind! I took it out and scrubbed it off in really hot water. Whatever it was, it's gone!
 
nm reef

nm reef

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Sounds like they may have been copepods/amphipods....if they were they are good things to have in your system...some folks even pay to get them from a couple of sources...they provide service to a functioning DSB/provide food to reef creatures/provide desired diversity to the system......hope that ain't what you washed away.....*_^
 
lu

lu

Member
Nope, they didn't look like that. They were scattered, all in different places. I still say they looked like pieces of broken up brown rice. I wish I had a pic but I don't..
 
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