Celcuis Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 HI I have noticed 1 or 2 little black bugs on the sand part of my substrate but now THEIR SEEMS TO AROUND 500 OR MORE. How do I get rid of them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 22, 2017 Report Share Posted April 22, 2017 I can't tell from the picture what they are other than black dots. A larger picture of the offending article would help. livingart 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Ira Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 Are they little black bugs or snails? I'd have called them snails, but you say bugs so I'm a bit unsure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted April 23, 2017 Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 They look like leeches. Can't say I have seen them before or know anything about them. Sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celcuis Posted April 23, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2017 They look like little beetles anyway I starved my tank for 2 days now and they seem to be gone. The probbly came attached to some plants that I brought. thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted April 24, 2017 Report Share Posted April 24, 2017 http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/resources/identification/animals/freshwater-invertebrates/guide/jointed-legs/insects-and-springtails/adult-beetles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celcuis Posted April 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2017 Nah living there none of those tbh I think they might be beneficial as they probbly live of ditritus and uneaten food and also borrow into the substrate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted April 26, 2017 Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 A video of their movement might help, but I would assume they are Ostracods and are just free fish food Celcuis and livingart 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celcuis Posted April 26, 2017 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2017 Yup they are Ostracods although I've never seen my fish eat them... They just lazily swim around all day Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexyay Posted April 30, 2017 Report Share Posted April 30, 2017 I figure my fish either eat them or out-compete them - if I remove the fish from a tank, I usually start seeing zooplankton (?) like ostracods, copepods, mites, stylaria/other annelids and flatworms some time after (assuming I keep feeding the tank or let plants/etc decompose) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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