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aquaticia Hobbyist Posts: 91 Kudos: 9 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Apr-2001	On the side of my tank I have these little white dots crawling around. They look like they might be bugs of some kind I'm guessing. Are they harmful to my fish? If so, how do I get rid of them?
Posted 13-Jun-2007 07:32
djrichie Big Fish Rough but Honest [img]htt Posts: 366 Kudos: 309 Votes: 45 Registered: 29-Jan-2007	Any chance you can post a picture of them. As well as water reading. This will help someone give an answers. Sorry no help for now but need to see what your talking about. Djrichie "So Long, and Thanks For All The Fish" Douglas Adams
Posted 13-Jun-2007 20:42
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	They might be Planaria & they are not harmfull to your fish. Try not to feed for a day or two & see if they'll go away...... http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 13-Jun-2007 21:54
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	Bugs crawling around sounds more like daphnia. Planaria look like tiny white worms. Both are rarely harmful but usually indicate there is something wrong such as too little water flow/filtration or too much uneaten food left around the tank. How often do you do a gravel vac? Usually keeping a clean tank with the proper amount of filtration gets rid of any bugs or worms unless it's something particularly nasty like parasitic leeches. Only critters I've ever been forced to use chemicals to eliminate.
Posted 14-Jun-2007 00:03
aquaticia Hobbyist Posts: 91 Kudos: 9 Votes: 0 Registered: 04-Apr-2001	I think it might be from overfeeding. I do overfeed my betta a lot. I used to not but when he started getting older he didn't go after the food as fast as he used to and seemed to have a hard time finding the food after I put it in. I was becoming worried he wasn't getting enough food. My betta seems to be fine with the bugs but I figured I would post here just in case.
Posted 14-Jun-2007 14:44


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