Circular white copepods?

[lba4590]

I’ve googled everything and cannot find anything that looks like these things all over my tank. Unfortunately I cannot get a good picture but I’ll keep trying.

I have these circular white tiny bugs in my tank, the size of copepods, and move like something with legs (vs a flatworm) but are slower moving than copepods. They’re so small I can’t tell if they’re on my corals, I really have to focus on the glass to see them but there are a ton of them. I do see pods mixed in but the pods have a much more jittery/fast movement than these round guys. Any ideas?

 

[KJ]

I’ve googled everything and cannot find anything that looks like these things all over my tank. Unfortunately I cannot get a good picture but I’ll keep trying.

I have these circular white tiny bugs in my tank, the size of copepods, and move like something with legs (vs a flatworm) but are slower moving than copepods. They’re so small I can’t tell if they’re on my corals, I really have to focus on the glass to see them but there are a ton of them. I do see pods mixed in but the pods have a much more jittery/fast movement than these round guys. Any ideas?

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[N.Sreefer]

Sounds like it might be isopods some small detritus eating isopods are beneficial. Just guessing though.

 

[Soren]

Try looking up ostracods to see if they match. They are small, round, and white and move with a slow, jerky motion with thin "legs" and sound like what you are seeing in your tank.

You might try using a loupe for magnification to get a better picture. Here is a link to my thread asking for ID for what is likely ostracods, as photographed through a magnifying loupe.

 

[lba4590]

Try looking up ostracods to see if they match. They are small, round, and white and move with a slow, jerky motion with thin "legs" and sound like what you are seeing in your tank.

You might try using a loupe for magnification to get a better picture. Here is a link to my thread asking for ID for what is likely ostracods, as photographed through a magnifying loupe.

Thank you!! This looks exactly like them. Learning something new every day! Doing some research on them now but it sounds like they are harmless so that’s a relief.

 

[vetteguy53081]

Could even be spirobid worms.
Alot of guesses here without any pics. Can you post a pic or 2 under white lighting?