Are these copepods?

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I’m seeing many of these white dot/lines on my reef tank acrylic. They move fairly quickly and scrape off with my algae scraper. I added copepods a month ago - but want to confirm that’s what these are as opposed to something harmful!

Can someone please help ID?

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I’m seeing many of these white dots . They move fairly quickly and scrape off with my algae scraper. I added copepods a month ago
My guess is pods
 

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