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Hi im new so I am a little worried, I saw a colony of small moving white bugs on my heater, and now I see them all over my walls too. What are these???

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I think there needs to be a pop up before posts that says "Did you read the sticky threads?" LOL!
I'm new to forums I don't know what sticky threads are tbh haha I should just sit down one evening and explore tho
 

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I'm new to forums I don't know what sticky threads are tbh haha I should just sit down one evening and explore tho
Careful digging too deep; you'll fall in ;)

+1 to them being copepods. quite good for the tank.
 

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I'm new to forums I don't know what sticky threads are tbh haha I should just sit down one evening and explore tho
On each forum page are threads "stuck" to the top of the page that have valuable information.

I apologize if I offended; there just seem to be a lot of people who don't bother to use the resources or the search feature and the same questions get asked over and over (and over).

Welcome to the hobby and the forum... Please keep asking questions (especially the ones you can't find answers to after searching R2R ;) )
 
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I have some close-up pic's of the tiny white and black guests in my tank. Nothing has been added to the tank in two years and now these guys have shown up. Anyone, no what they are? I tried finding other photos that look the same without much luck.


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I have some close-up pic's of the tiny white and black guests in my tank. Nothing has been added to the tank in two years and now these guys have shown up. Anyone, no what they are? I tried finding other photos that look the same without much luck.
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Hairy ostracod. Ostracods are some of the rarer pods in the marine hobby. These are generally beneficial scavengers/grazers.
 

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Ostracods would be my guess. Most copepods are too hard to see. Google images and compare. The pic is hard to see.
 
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