Worms/Pest on glass? Parasite?

SaltwaterGuruNeeded · Jul 25, 2021

These are very small. Can barely see them with my eye but I used a high power magnifying glass over the camera lens to capture an image an video. Please tell me these aren't bad. But if they are how do I remove them!?

MaxTremors · Jul 25, 2021

Can’t see the video and pics are pretty blurry. But I’m guessing based on the explanation and the photos they’re just copepods. When they move, is it a smooth worm like movement or a more erratic start and stop type of movement?

SaltwaterGuruNeeded · Jul 25, 2021

MaxTremors said:
Can’t see the video and pics are pretty blurry. But I’m guessing based on the explanation and the photos they’re just copepods. When they move, is it a smooth worm like movement or a more erratic start and stop type of movement?

Smooth worm like movement. They are red. Does this help?

SaltwaterGuruNeeded · Jul 25, 2021

MaxTremors said:
Can’t see the video and pics are pretty blurry. But I’m guessing based on the explanation and the photos they’re just copepods. When they move, is it a smooth worm like movement or a more erratic start and stop type of movement?

Do copepods have a larval stage?

Double monti 61 · Jul 25, 2021

That’s what makes this hobby interesting

attiland · Jul 25, 2021

SaltwaterGuruNeeded said:
Smooth worm like movement. They are red. Does this help?

What size are they. They kind of remind me the feather duster’s before they settle except the size doesn’t match the ones I have seen

SaltwaterGuruNeeded · Jul 25, 2021

attiland said:
What size are they. They kind of remind me the feather duster’s before they settle except the size doesn’t match the ones I have seen

Probably 1/32" or 1/16" smaller than copepods it seems. There's quite alot, they are on the sand aswell bit cant notice them unless I look really really hard.

MaxTremors · Jul 25, 2021

SaltwaterGuruNeeded said:
Smooth worm like movement. They are red. Does this help?

If they are red I would guess planaria, though the shape is a little off (they’re sort of rectangular). Planaria are flat worms that while mostly harmless, can get to plague proportions and smother corals. I’m thinking they’re definitely not copepods now (they do have a larval stage, but they’re crustacean-like.