Little crawly things on back glass

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Hello!

Twice now Ive woken up. Turns on the lights and these little white crawling things are on the back glass. They are almost always gone by the time I come back with my coffee. Are these pods of some sort and are OK? Or did I wind up with something not good in there?



Apologies on the video its super hard to get a good video through glass and a bunch of salt water.

I have a 55 gallon FOWLER tank with 3 clown fish, a skunk shrimp and an assortment of snails.

2 of the clownfish were added a little over a week ago after a 30 day quarantine.

Parameters:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 0
Nitrites - 0
PH - 8
Salinity - 35
Temp - 78
Running two filters - a Topfin Large Silenstream and a Seachem Tidal.
 

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Hello!

Twice now Ive woken up. Turns on the lights and these little white crawling things are on the back glass. They are almost always gone by the time I come back with my coffee. Are these pods of some sort and are OK? Or did I wind up with something not good in there?



Apologies on the video its super hard to get a good video through glass and a bunch of salt water.

I have a 55 gallon FOWLER tank with 3 clown fish, a skunk shrimp and an assortment of snails.

2 of the clownfish were added a little over a week ago after a 30 day quarantine.

Parameters:
Ammonia - 0
Nitrates - 0
Nitrites - 0
PH - 8
Salinity - 35
Temp - 78
Running two filters - a Topfin Large Silenstream and a Seachem Tidal.
Its hard to tell their scale, but they look like younger amphipods. If not, a type of copepod. Good at helping with the overall biome but also a tasty snack for fish.
 

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