Copepods??

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Not the best photo but is this a copepod there’s several all over the glass or should I be concerned
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Hard to tell for sure but looks like an amphipod. They get a lot bigger than copepods, and are good to have reproducing in your tank as a food source for your fish.
 
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Hard to tell for sure but looks like an amphipod. They get a lot bigger than copepods, and are good to have reproducing in your tank as a food source for your fish.
I just noticed them this week could they have hitchhiked in or are they just something that grows over time in a tank you know nature
 

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They must have hitchhiked in, nothing just appears out of nowhere. :) The babies are really small so it's not surprising if they hitchhiked and you didn't notice.
 

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