Little White Creatures

[bill miller]

I have little white creatures on the glass of my aquarium. Does anyone know what they are?

 

[whitey_028]

on a new tank it will go through a cycle and will have a "copepod" explosion.
Its a good sign a new tank that it is doing the right thing...

 

[bill miller]

Thanks for the quick answer. The tank is approx. 4 1/2 weeks old.

 

[whitey_028]

Have you tested your water lately to see how far you are into your cycle?

 

[bill miller]

I tested it 2 days ago.
PH 8.2
Amm 0
Cal 450
Nitrate 0
Nitrite 0
The tank is doing really good, so far.

 

[maeistero]

i was bummed the first time copepods appeared on my glass. i kept scraping them off all the time until i found out what they actually were.
my latest lr came with tons of 4mm starfish that reproduce extremely fast. my triggers are tearing that up like mad. i'm saving a lot more since setting up all these 'fuge breeding grounds.

 

[scsinet]

I just had a copepod explosion in one of my systems this weekend and it's almost a year old. I've found that it can happen anytime. Go figure.
It's a good thing.. means your tank is healthy.

 

[leftyblite]

This is good to know because in the last few weeks I've also had an explosion and couldn't figure out what was wrong if anything. An my tank is almost a year old now

 

[scsinet]

What I figured it was is that the system that had this happen had been previously treated with copper. I have been soaking it out of the water as the substrate and rock leeched it with Poly Filter and Carbon, and I figured that the copper levels had finally dropped to the point where inverts were able to survive again.
At the same time, I did a large water change about a week ago, larger than normal, which may have tripped it off... dunno

 

[maine_guy5]

What do you have for fish in your tank for going through the cycle? i know it has nothing to do with whats in your tank but was just wondering.