WHITE THING CRWALING ON GLASS

[Justin_NY]

I START NOTICING THAT A LOT WHITE THIMG CRAWLING ON THE GLASS OF MY TANK. ITS MOVING. WHAT IS THIS. I WISH I COULD TAKE PICTURE OF IT, BUT THIS IS THING IS SO SMALL.

 

[Justin_NY]

IS THIS GOOD FOR THE TANK OR BAD?
HOW TO ELIMINATE THEM

 

[marrone]

Sounds to me like Copepods

-copepods you'll see on your glass. Often on the front, eating algae. They look like tiny white dots.
-amphipods you'll see skittering around, mostly after dark. Hit your rocks with a flashlight an hour after lights out. Anything 1/4" or so that skitters from the light is likely an amphipod.
-They come on and in live sand and rock. They breed in the same.
-they are good for fish in many ways, as food, as cleaner-uppers, as sand stirrers.
-they are the preferred / necessary food for dragonettes, although dragonettes are known to eat other things.

Check out the web site:
http://www.rshimek.com/odd_critters.htm#Sipunculan%20or%20Peanut%20Worms

Michael

 

[Justin_NY]

but i just starting to notice too, that my clown fish die. is my clown fish die because this thing. is it gonna eats my corals

 

[marrone]

Can you give some information about your tank like rock, sand and what fish and corals you have in your tank also what are your reading. A fish dying could be from many different things. Usally the white spots on your glass are good things and don't cause any harm. If you go to that web site you should be able to indenifty the white spots and see if they're good or not.
Michael

 

[House of Laughter]

Justin,

I would venture to guess what Marrone has - that these are amphipds or copepods - they will not kill your fish or eat your corals - these are beneficial "critters" as we call them.

Your clownfish dying is likely from another problem - what are your other tank inhabitants, what are your water parameters and what kind of tank are you keeping? Reef, fish only, reef and fish? Do you have a host for your clownfish? (anemome) what kind of clown is it?

Without knowing the greater details of your tank it is hard to answer questions as the contributing factors to the death could be many.

Give us a run down on your tank parameters and maybe we can take a look.

Good luck and try hat Marrone said, get yourself a flashlight and after your tank lights (and all other lights too) are fof in the room, flash your flashlight into the tank -

Hope this helps,

House

 

[Justin_NY]

i keep my percula clown in my 26 gallon tank reef. most,all my coral are mushrrom, colt, xenia , brain, hammer, star polyps.
my water perameter are
ph 8.1 night 8.3 day
nitire 0
amonia 0
nitrate 10 try to low it
i dont see anything wrong with it.
temp 80 (chiller)

 

[marrone]

Outside of the white things on the glass are any other corals, fish or invert dying? If everything is ok it could be just the clown didn't make it for some reason or another. How long did you have the clown for and was it getting enough to eat also was it just any of the corals as anemone, a coral may have stung it.

Michael