little white bugs in refugium

mitchwelt · 11/15/2007, 08:40 PM

i see tons of these little white bugs in my refugium, are these good or not?

also when is a good time to trim my cheato, been growing from a small ball to almost the size of my refugium now....

bertoni · 11/15/2007, 08:54 PM

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Most often, the small animals are good to have. They likely are amphipods, copepods, isopods, or mysid shrimp. I wouldn't worry.

The goal is to trim the Chaetomorpha often enough that it doesn't get too thick, which causes die-off and decay eventually. I would reduce the depth of the Chaetomorpha when it's reached the bottom, and maybe thin it a bit, but try to cover the full surface area of the refugium.

11/15/2007, 08:40 PM	#1
mitchwelt tool repair man Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: tamarac, fl Posts: 2,005	little white bugs in refugium i see tons of these little white bugs in my refugium, are these good or not? also when is a good time to trim my cheato, been growing from a small ball to almost the size of my refugium now....

11/15/2007, 08:54 PM	#2
bertoni RC Mod Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mountain View, CA, USA Posts: 88,616	Moved to New to the Hobby for more views. Most often, the small animals are good to have. They likely are amphipods, copepods, isopods, or mysid shrimp. I wouldn't worry. The goal is to trim the Chaetomorpha often enough that it doesn't get too thick, which causes die-off and decay eventually. I would reduce the depth of the Chaetomorpha when it's reached the bottom, and maybe thin it a bit, but try to cover the full surface area of the refugium. __________________ Jonathan Bertoni