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I recently quarantined all of my fish due to ich outbreak.

with no predators it seems my copepods and other weird bugs, bristleworms and others? Are exploding in population.

there must be 100 of these little bugs that look like mites in a 2x2 inch area. There must be thousands overall. Kind of dark, small and roundish? Run around really fast on the sand. Here is video. Are they ok? Good bad neutral? Thanks!
 

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I recently quarantined all of my fish due to ich outbreak.

with no predators it seems my copepods and other weird bugs, bristleworms and others? Are exploding in population.

there must be 100 of these little bugs that look like mites in a 2x2 inch area. There must be thousands overall. Kind of dark, small and roundish? Run around really fast on the sand. Here is video. Are they ok? Good bad neutral? Thanks!
Is video not working? I can’t load from my end?
 
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Ok I screenshotted video. They’re small like the size of a flee or maybe even smaller. Thousands of them in close proximity. Anywhere I look in my 300g tank they’re on sand everywhere. They’re actually not as dark as pic looks. Maybe beige with a dark spot. Hard to describe because they’re small so I can barely see. About the size of when I buy copepods (I think tiggerpods brand)
 

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