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10-22-2009, 07:01 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2009
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new tank issue
I have a new tank going. Everything fine untill I see tiny white specks on the glass. They move haltingly.
What is it this time?
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10-22-2009, 08:12 AM
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Carpe Noctem
 
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Western Colorado
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Probably copepods.... That is a good thing 
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10-22-2009, 09:02 AM
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Big Fishy
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Jersey City, NJ
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Lucky!!! My tanks been set up for 3 years now and I still haven't seen any freakin copepods :-(
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10-22-2009, 09:18 AM
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Shark
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Long Island NY
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When I first saw those I freaked out too!! But like Hop says, they are a good thing.
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10-22-2009, 09:18 AM
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Tarpon
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Orange Park Florida!
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buy some and you will start a culture in your tank. Its crazy how some rocks come loaded with them, and others... well just dont have any.
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10-22-2009, 09:26 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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How new is the tank?
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10-22-2009, 05:49 PM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2009
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It's about 3 months old.
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10-22-2009, 05:55 PM
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r e e f e r 4 l i f e
Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: Douglas, AZ
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This page has copepods on it. Does it look like anything you see here. This site's pretty good for getting identification of alot of things.
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html
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10-25-2009, 07:10 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I'll need to get a microscope.
They are tiny.
I had a chestnut snail expelling clouds into the water a couple of weeks ago. Could it be snails.
If it is copepods, why am I happy about this?
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10-25-2009, 07:13 AM
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Plankton
Join Date: Aug 2009
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The link you gave explained why copepods are beneficial.
Thank you. I hope that is what they are.
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10-25-2009, 08:00 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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And good food for the reef.
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10-25-2009, 12:25 PM
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"Just keep swimming..."
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Sanford, north carolina
Posts: 787
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They could also be really small tiny tiny snails. I have them all over my tank, and at night they really come out. all over the sides of my glass, little white specks of them.
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