What are these tiny things?

cgr · May 12, 2003

I just looked, as I often do, with a flashlight into my tank at night. Swarming on top of the sand and swimming around are hundreds of pinhead size organism. I switched from CC to 4+" of sand and 1" of live sand. Could these have been in my live sand? or could they be new pepperming shrimp hatchlings? One of my shrimp was loaded with eggs recently.

thomas712 · May 12, 2003

they are good stuff, they are called copopods and amphipods.
Thomas

cgr · May 12, 2003

Any idea how they got into my tank?

thomas712 · May 12, 2003

Did you put liverock in?

sammystingray · May 12, 2003

Could have been in the sand if it was actual livesand from a tank.

What are these tiny things?

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