I am new to owning puffers. I have had a GSP for about 6 weeks and he is great! Just today I noticed some "critters" running around his tank.
I attached a pic of them...they look like tiny little bugs.
Anyone know what they are? Will they hurt my puffer? And how do I get rid of them?
Critters in my tank!
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Lynn1585
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Critters in my tank!
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Re: Critters in my tank!
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Is that thing moving? Looks almost like sand-covered poop.
Is this FW/BW/SW?
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Re: Critters in my tank!
which part of the pic is it we're supposed to be looking at ?? ......is it the littlle specks in the forefront ??
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Re: Critters in my tank!
LOL, I think it's that long piece of dust with hairs on the front.
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Re: Critters in my tank!
looks like a piece of dirt to me lol
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Re: Critters in my tank!
i think your talking about the little brown things but anyways here is a site i used to find out what what jumpin around my 20g when it had bugs turned out to just be Copepods, Cyclops anyways they look to be water fleas but idk hard to tell from a pic http://www.planetinverts.com/what_is_th ... arium.html
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Re: Critters in my tank!
I was thinking water fleas also.
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