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Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:27 Oct 2016 14:00
by caine
I haven't fed for a week now, so we'll see how that goes. I'll keep an eye on them

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Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:01 Apr 2017 19:36
by fredanddino
how do they get in in the first place? never seen this before.

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:02 Apr 2017 13:08
by odin
fredanddino wrote:how do they get in in the first place? never seen this before.
I'm not sure, mine just appeared after a while and they seem to grow and have a population boom then die down again and after a while all come back. I've noticed in my larvae tank there are some little white creatures that are different to the ones in the videos here and they don't seem to be attracted to light but rather just move around freely on the tank walls. They are slightly larger and move in short bursts almost like a badly filmed stop motion production :smile: I will try and capture some on camera.

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:02 Apr 2017 13:44
by odin
Here we go, these are soooo small they are like a pin tip/pinhead but lots of them. This is shot with a macro lens.



And here is a few standard and macro photos (they are the white specks)

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:09 Apr 2017 23:50
by Halocaridina
Are they on the glass? Maybe a sort of flatworm?

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:09 Apr 2017 23:55
by Halocaridina
odin wrote:This is how mine behave before they all disappear,



Not sure how to get rid of them though :ow:
Based on movement maybe a type of ostracod? Here is a video, the fast golden-yellow things in this tank are freshwater ostracods, but most ostracods swim around in a similar way and have a similar rounded body shape.

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:10 Apr 2017 10:01
by odin
That video you have posted shows them moving alot like the things i cant ID in my tank which you said may be flatworms, kind of like a poor stop motion animation.

Re: Get rid of copepods and other tiny crustaceans?

PostPosted:10 Apr 2017 16:59
by Halocaridina
Here is a video of a planarian: