small "ants or termites" looking things in the sump

[liquidnoise]

Openned up my cabinet door yesterday, saw small transparent looking ants or bugs running ard the 1st compartment of the sump where the overflow goes in. They are crawling all over the wool and the carbon bags.

I am wondering what are they? I also notice my christmas warrase is fat all the time. so are my gobies. Thinking if its isopods? They are too small to take pics clearly plus i have a lousy camera.

[Evolutionz]

sounds like copepods to me. very beneficial

[vinccc2009]

Nice free food for your fishes.

Show your sump is conditioned.

Don't mess it up.

If U dont want, a lot of others will queue up your house to get them...:-)

[liquidnoise]

ok, will take a pic tonight.....but how did it happened?

[blusafe]

They come in wild rock, sand, etc. They feast on detritus, plankton, and film algae. Most are good and your animals will feast. I am planning to build a refugium to house these little things for my mandarins.

Regarding the word "pod" in aquarium usage:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/

More than you wanted to know about copepods:

http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-10/rs/

[BC82]

If it is good, why do we buy fish to feast on it?

[tofubox]

Haha, bro. they are like mysis shrimps. We cultivate them to feed our fishes. What we mean when we say its good, it means now your fishes has a good supply of free food!

[BC82]

OThat means it's harmless to coral and fishes?

[BC82]

How abt those tiny creatures that is sticking and swimming in the water?

[tofubox]

Without a photo its hard to say, but 80% certain you should be referring to copepods once again. If they are in your sump, definitely they will make it up to your display tank through the return pump. This is why we mention free food for your fishes. Usually, people cultivate pods in the sump as this is their safe haven, away from constant predators, giving them a chance to multiple and eventually some of it makes it way up to the display tank.

[BC82]

I dun have sump, and they are not plan for. Haha. How did they end up in the tank anyway?

[tofubox]

They can come on liverocks, corals, macroalgae etc etc. MY tank has an ios sump with no refugium, but my tank has tons of it too as i only keep 2 cleaner shrimps with my corals. Fishless system.

[BC82]

Haha. Going to get something to eat them up!!!

[jackiee]

Can I know what's this? ?

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Amphipods Also Harmless...Replied to your other thread already!