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Hey all!

I’ve noticed these small white dots floating in the top middle chamber of my Waterbox 20 sump. They seem to swim when I turn all flow off, and there is a ton of them, and also seemingly react when I shine light on them at night. They’re tiny, smaller than the tip of a pen, can see individual ones, but no where near big enough to make out any features. They are definitely longer shaped, and have a stretched oval shaped body. Not too sure exactly what it could be, first guess is copepods perhaps? I’ll attach photos, they’re just the floating white specks

My tank is roughly 2 months old, had a few LPS, soft corals, and a BTA in it, along with a coral banded shrimp and 2 clowns. All parameters roughly match NSW levels, but are stable. I’ve found aipstasia and mojanos, but nuked them with no signs of them growing back anywhere.
 
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Hey all!

I’ve noticed these small white dots floating in the top middle chamber of my Waterbox 20 sump. They seem to swim when I turn all flow off, and there is a ton of them, and also seemingly react when I shine light on them at night. They’re tiny, smaller than the tip of a pen, can see individual ones, but no where near big enough to make out any features. They are definitely longer shaped, and have a stretched oval shaped body. Not too sure exactly what it could be, first guess is copepods perhaps? I’ll attach photos, they’re just the floating white specks

My tank is roughly 2 months old, had a few LPS, soft corals, and a BTA in it, along with a coral banded shrimp and 2 clowns. All parameters roughly match NSW levels, but are stable. I’ve found aipstasia and mojanos, but nuked them with no signs of them growing back anywhere.
definitely things you want to have especially that early in your aquarium!
 
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