Weird bug on my frogbit!!

bassistjon112 · 11-21-2012, 08:42 PM

I cannot get a picture of this super tiny creature. But ill do my best to describe it. It is small as a pin point, brown, jumps about 2 inches, it stays above water on my amazon frogbit, and has two antennae.

Thanks for any help IDing these bugs.

**SpecGrrl** · 11-21-2012, 08:47 PM

It sounds cute!

GMYukonon24s · 11-21-2012, 09:19 PM

I believe they call that the "brown pinpoint 2 inch jumper" but I don't know the technical name.

Just kidding to be serious to me this could be anything without a picture it's really hard to know.

Sake · 11-21-2012, 09:47 PM

Sounds like a springtail, Google "springtail in aquarium" and see if that's what ya have.

**fplata** · 11-21-2012, 09:51 PM

I'll buy 4 from you please

bassistjon112 · 11-21-2012, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Sake

Sounds like a springtail, Google "springtail in aquarium" and see if that's what ya have.

Thanks, i don't know why i didn't think of them. I am not positive but they definitely remind me of springtails. Ill have to do more research, hopefully they aren't bad in any way. I have hundreds of them, but a few days ago I had none.

zdnet · 11-22-2012, 01:45 AM

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Originally Posted by bassistjon112

I am not positive but they definitely remind me of springtails.

You may want to try bourletiella.

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Originally Posted by bassistjon112

Ill have to do more research, hopefully they aren't bad in any way. I have hundreds of them, but a few days ago I had none.

If you dip your hand into the water, those critters can get on to your hand and cause a little bit of itch.

Increasing water surface agitation can slow down their growth rate.

bassistjon112 · 11-22-2012, 05:01 AM

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Originally Posted by zdnet

You may want to try bourletiella.

If you dip your hand into the water, those critters can get on to your hand and cause a little bit of itch.

Increasing water surface agitation can slow down their growth rate.

Well I cant increase surface agitation due to the frogbit. But I have read that increasing air flow and lowering the humidity will kill springtails off. So I may just have to remove my glass lid for awhile to air them out.

I honestly can't tell if the named springtail is what i have because I would need a magnifying glass to see it. They are only 1/4 of the size of my tropical springtails I feed to my dart frog.

**SpecGrrl** · 11-22-2012, 11:19 AM

Hmm figure out how to feed them to froggie!

Diana · 11-23-2012, 01:43 AM

Aphids will also live on the aerial portions of plants, and I do see aphids on my frogbit.
Do you have any sort of magnifying glass?

bassistjon112 · 11-23-2012, 03:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Diana

Aphids will also live on the aerial portions of plants, and I do see aphids on my frogbit.
Do you have any sort of magnifying glass?

Well aphids don't jump so it cant be them. I do not have a magnifying glass though.

I am pretty sure it is Bourletiella or some thing that has the same shape.

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Diana Planted Tank Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Contra Costa CA Posts: 5,013	Aphids will also live on the aerial portions of plants, and I do see aphids on my frogbit. Do you have any sort of magnifying glass?