[ClaraLo]

So I’ve just noticed some TINY erratic swimming white dots in my planted shrimp tank. Are these harmful? Do I need to get rid of them somehow? There might be 2 different things as I noticed some had different shapes. Any idea what these are?

 

[JasonBD77]

Copepods. They are common in shrimp only tanks. Not harmful at all. Free food if you have micropredators.

 

[brooklyntankster]

I added a few endlers to my shrimp talk and haven't seen them since.

 

[ZChalk]

Sound's like cyclopoid copepod

 

[Planted-Jungle]

I literally just made a thread a day ago about this lol.
They are copepods and they are harmless.
I was terrified to see them But I learned they are nothing to worry about

 

[Zoidburg]

The "larger" one with "balls" is a female with two egg sacks....

Fish will eat them or some filters might be able to get rid of them.

 

[ClaraLo]

I literally just made a thread a day ago about this lol.
They are copepods and they are harmless.
I was terrified to see them But I learned they are nothing to worry about

Thanks for the info! Sorry I’ve never used this site so I didn’t know how to find threads. I only just signed up to ask about my white bug infestation!!! Maybe I’ll try to add one of my guppies to the shrimp tank and see if he can eat all those things.

 

[dfarr67]

My tiny croaking gouramis love these.