Please Help And Advise, Noticed Little Bugs In My Substrate Today, Loa

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richie1985

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I noticed these today as i was cleaning my tank, what are they, are they harmful to my fish, as i am a discus keeper and never come across them before, they seem to crawl across the gravel but can swim, the biggest ive seen is about 2mm and there are pin head sized babies, please advise anyone

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• May 5, 2009

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Copy and paste and post in tropical discussion. Get more help over there.

 

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no idea, what are we meant to be looking at. Can you circle the thing?

 

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They almost look like triops..

 

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Hi richie1985

I'll move your thread over to Tropical Discussion. Wilder is right; you will probably get more responses on this question over there.

 

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For some reason the board won't let me view the pictures.

 

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Sorry about the link. We've had this problem before when moving threads. I will have to move it back, upload the pictures to my Photobucket account, put them back, and then move the thread again. It will take me a few minutes. Please be patient.

 

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Inchworm said:

Sorry about the link. We've had this problem before when moving threads. I will have to move it back, upload the pictures to my Photobucket account, put them back, and then move the thread again. It will take me a few minutes. Please be patient.

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hi how do i do that, not great with computers

 

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Hi richie1985

I fixed it for you. You might want to open a Photobucket account. It's free and if you copy the IMG code they give you, you can put pictures up anywhere in the forum. A lot of our members use it.

http/photobucket.com/

 

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• May 5, 2009

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Might be worth having a look at this pinned topic about hitch-hikers in the tank, may help you identify what it is:

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=277805

Also, looking at the pictures, it's hard to really see anything, especially the first picture, any chances of highlighting what it is were looking at.

 

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• May 6, 2009

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Have you put your hand into there and squished them between your fingers? What does it feel like? eggs or the like? In all honesty they don't look like anything I have seen.