White dot in water

[TO KYO]

There’s something jumping on my water and I can’t describe it very well because it’s really tiny. It jumps like a flea and is white, any idea?! I’m panicking if some type of pastor got in my tank...

 

[JxsPxxle]

There’s something jumping on my water and I can’t describe it very well because it’s really tiny. It jumps like a flea and is white, any idea?! I’m panicking if some type of pastor got in my tank...

It is nothing to worry about. It will be a cyclops copepod, they will move around your tank one jump at a time and are completely harmless. If you look very closely, you should see an oval, followed by two small ovals on each side. Again, this is harmless and some fish will eat these, but if they don’t there is no need to remove them. It will have come from the addition of live plants, or maybe rocks as they can survive the drying out process and will hatch when they come in to contact with water.