White bugs appeared in my tank out of no where?

[Sick_man]

Hi, I've never added copepods into my tank before and I just looked at my tank right now and there are a crazy amount of white bugs swimming around. I never added live rock or used anything from another tank. Are these copepods or a pest of some sort?

 

[Sick_man]

Tank is only 2 months old (forgot to add)

 

[laverda]

Did you add corals? That would be my guess where they came from. Hard to say what they are exactly without a photo or at least a more detailed description.

 

[Sick_man]

Did you add corals? That would be my guess where they came from. Hard to say what they are exactly without a photo or at least a more detailed description.

Yeah I have a few frags in here. They are tiny little white things that all look the same with like a little tail (i think). That's really as descriptive as I can get. and they wont really show up on my camera.

 

[homer1475]

More then likely they are copepods.

 

[Sick_man]

More then likely they are copepods.

Thanks, i really hope they are not pests. Everything in my tank seems fine for now except my rastas which have some algae in between them

 

[homer1475]

From your description(without a photo were just guessing), they certainly sound like copepods.

Little white bugs that scurry around everywhere with a small tail. Sounds like copepods to me. Check your tank at night after a few hours of your lights being off. They will be all over your glass.

They more then likely hitch hiked a ride in on a frag plug.

 

[ReadySet-Flow]

they're not pests, they're little tiny detrivores. If they're iiiiity bitty specs on the glass and you're just seeing a bunch of them, it's perfectly normal and a sign that your tank is beginning to mature.

 

[Bushman]

Good sign! Sounds like 'pods to me.