What is this floating in my tank

[Medmondsii]

When my lights go off. I see these little things floating around the water column. I was able to catch it with a net. I have never seen this before. The picture is the best I can do. Cuz my phone sucks lol.

 

[KrisReef]

I don't recongnize what is in your picture. A lot of planktonic critters will swim in the water column or crawl around the tank when the lights go out. I expected to see a copepod, or maybe a shrimp. That almost looks like a shrimp, but it also looks like a chuck of fish excrement, or??? Are these swimming around (maybe in circles) of just drifting in the currents?

Hopefully someone else will recongnize this mystery.

 

[Medmondsii]

It was a bunch of them in there floating around. And it seem to be moving on the paper towel.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Look kind of like mosquito larvae... Hope that's not what it is!

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

When my lights go off. I see these little things floating around the water column. I was able to catch it with a net. I have never seen this before. The picture is the best I can do. Cuz my phone sucks lol.

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Do you have any fish that may be breeding?

 

[Medmondsii]

Do you have any fish that may be breeding?

I don't think so. Do baby fish come out at night ?

 

[Medmondsii]

Look kind of like mosquito larvae... Hope that's not what it is!

Mosquito breed in saltwater?

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Mosquito breed in saltwater?

Idk, probably not in Indiana.

 

[Tcook]

When I saw the title of this thread I thought of Caddy Shack

 

[Medmondsii]

here is a video link.. Im trying to get a view of what i'm seeing in the tank. i hope this can get i.d.

 

[Kmst80]

Mosquito breed in saltwater?

Not in Australia...got my pod culture on the deck...not a single mosquito larvae.

 

[Medmondsii]

Here is a second video.. does flukes float in the water like this?

what is this floating in my reef tank?

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