little white floaty things

kimberlya18 · 02/17/2009, 05:25 PM

I have a 75 FOWLR tank; lots of fish adjustments; just caught my remaning 3 damsels with a fish trap and now they're in my QT (at last!
I have a dwarf lemonpeel angel; 1 firefish; 1 flame hawk and 2 ocellaris clowns;

Whenever I shut down my equipment to do a water change - and then turn it all back on, a million little floaty things resembling mysis shrimp pop out of the inflow into the tank;

the fish don't eat them and eventually they dissapear (I guess into the sand)

I researched about planeria, but they are thicker than hair; they seem to be little white sticks with several short white "hairlike" growths from one end.

WHAT IS IT?!!!!

kraze3 · 02/17/2009, 06:24 PM

amphipods?
check here
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

kimberlya18 · 02/17/2009, 09:04 PM

Thanks, but no, they really look like a fine white line with 2 to 4 tiny white hairs on the end. The fish have no interest. I looked at planaria, but I don't think that's it either.

02/17/2009, 05:25 PM	#1
kimberlya18 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 61	little white floaty things I have a 75 FOWLR tank; lots of fish adjustments; just caught my remaning 3 damsels with a fish trap and now they're in my QT (at last! I have a dwarf lemonpeel angel; 1 firefish; 1 flame hawk and 2 ocellaris clowns; Whenever I shut down my equipment to do a water change - and then turn it all back on, a million little floaty things resembling mysis shrimp pop out of the inflow into the tank; the fish don't eat them and eventually they dissapear (I guess into the sand) I researched about planeria, but they are thicker than hair; they seem to be little white sticks with several short white "hairlike" growths from one end. WHAT IS IT?!!!!

02/17/2009, 06:24 PM	#2
kraze3 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: RI Posts: 2,373	amphipods? check here http://www.melevsreef.com/id/pods.html

02/17/2009, 09:04 PM	#3
kimberlya18 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 61	Thanks, but no, they really look like a fine white line with 2 to 4 tiny white hairs on the end. The fish have no interest. I looked at planaria, but I don't think that's it either.