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Creature identification help please

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I have a critter keeper with some java moss and a moss ball that is sponge filtered and temporarily housing my red cherry shrimp. The other day while cleaning the bottom waste out I noticed a ton of these tiny critters. Both plants were from an established system that did not appear to have any of these in it.
 

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They could have come from either plant. Well, the moss or the algae. (moss ball)


They are pretty normal in most tanks. Best way of getting rid of them is to get fish... although any fish that would eat those would also eat, at minimum, baby shrimp.



I have also seen a rapid decline of these dosing a tank with H2O2. H2O2 does have the capability of killing shrimp as well, so if used, caution needs to be used. Algae especially does not like H2O2, however it appears as if my moss balls survived. (so far)
 
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