Last night, just for fun, I shined(shone?) a flashlight at my tank when the lights were off and it was dark. What I saw disturbed me, very very deeply disturbed.
There were thousands of little tiny critters, almost looked like the rolly polly bugs. It was impossible to get a picture of them as they were almost see through when I went to take the picture, but they were EVERYWHERE. I mean truly, thousands of them.
I don't have a picture, and by the quality of the lens from this picture I understand why I couldn't get a picture, they were showing up invisible in all the pictures I took, but found something on google they resembled
I am not being silly when I say there were thousands. It looked like an infestation that has gotten out of hand like 7 years ago, but the tanks only been up since late Feb, early March.
I have always noticed very small copepods on the glass of my tank, and know they are good.
Can copepods reach lengths of 4-5 mm? Is "too many" copepods a bad thing? They were not eating corals, but they were climbing all over them. If they are bad, at this point I am going to take everything out of the tank, burn it with fire, and start over, because I am officially 'grossed out' after seeing this last night.
I will never, EVER, shine a flash light at my tank when the lights are off ever again. Be warned.
There were thousands of little tiny critters, almost looked like the rolly polly bugs. It was impossible to get a picture of them as they were almost see through when I went to take the picture, but they were EVERYWHERE. I mean truly, thousands of them.
I don't have a picture, and by the quality of the lens from this picture I understand why I couldn't get a picture, they were showing up invisible in all the pictures I took, but found something on google they resembled
I am not being silly when I say there were thousands. It looked like an infestation that has gotten out of hand like 7 years ago, but the tanks only been up since late Feb, early March.
I have always noticed very small copepods on the glass of my tank, and know they are good.
Can copepods reach lengths of 4-5 mm? Is "too many" copepods a bad thing? They were not eating corals, but they were climbing all over them. If they are bad, at this point I am going to take everything out of the tank, burn it with fire, and start over, because I am officially 'grossed out' after seeing this last night.
I will never, EVER, shine a flash light at my tank when the lights are off ever again. Be warned.