I caught sight of these little guys in my tank this morning before I left for work, I googled around and I’m guessing that they’re copepods but I wanted to get confirmation that they’re not harmful.
Tank is at least 6 months old (possibly more, I’m the second owner), and the parameters stay surprisingly stable for a 5 gallon tank (i am currently working on building a larger tank to upgrade to, but I test the water weekly and do 20% water changes biweekly). The tank had live sand in it when I got it and I added some dry rock myself.
I currently only have a maroon clown (the main reason we are having to upgrade lol), a green bubble tip, a neon blue cleaner goby, a red legged hermit, a cerith snail, and an astrea snail. I let some film algae grow out before I got the hermit and the snails and they’ve been doing a great job about cleaning it up. I offer them a small piece of seaweed 2-3 times a week for a few hours at a time and I typically feed frozen brine shrimp, plankton, and a marine mix with krill, spirlina, and plankton in small amounts (like 3 small pipets full) twice daily.
Tank is at least 6 months old (possibly more, I’m the second owner), and the parameters stay surprisingly stable for a 5 gallon tank (i am currently working on building a larger tank to upgrade to, but I test the water weekly and do 20% water changes biweekly). The tank had live sand in it when I got it and I added some dry rock myself.
I currently only have a maroon clown (the main reason we are having to upgrade lol), a green bubble tip, a neon blue cleaner goby, a red legged hermit, a cerith snail, and an astrea snail. I let some film algae grow out before I got the hermit and the snails and they’ve been doing a great job about cleaning it up. I offer them a small piece of seaweed 2-3 times a week for a few hours at a time and I typically feed frozen brine shrimp, plankton, and a marine mix with krill, spirlina, and plankton in small amounts (like 3 small pipets full) twice daily.