Thing in my tank

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signnet
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Thing in my tank

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Can anyone tell me what this is? I found it swimming, not it but four of them running around on the bottom of the tank. Here's the link

http://i.imgur.com/4H7RYMN.jpg

Any ideas or thoughts would be great!
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signnet wrote:Can anyone tell me what this is? I found it swimming, not it but four of them running around on the bottom of the tank. Here's the link

http://i.imgur.com/4H7RYMN.jpg

Any ideas or thoughts would be great!
Looks a bit like the Gammarus Pulex:

http://www.riverfly.co.uk/interesting.htm

Should be harmless but I don't think that they will last too long in a puffer tank.
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Thank you so much. It just looked gross. Glad to know they would go away.

Thank you again!
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Yep they're everywhere in my biocube
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Good detritus-eaters.
You are getting sleepy... you only hear the sound of my voice... you must do water changes... water changes... water changes... water changes...

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