[NWreef]

I am trying to figure out what is in my tank, I just noticed it. it looks like tiny, i meen tiny lttle white specks on my glass that seem to be moving, to small for picture. They are floating in my water and on the glass , they look like little fleas.
Answers anyone??? will it hurt my 4 month old tank, I have no fish in it yet, Just live rock snails hermits shrimp sand sifting start and some soft coral, which all are doing fine.

[viperdragon666]

get a dragnet it will help they are perficly normal

[deepblue101]

see i have tiny white things as well but they dont float around my tank they just are there i dont know what they are just appered. ONLY ON GLASS! WHAT IS IT?

[Krazy]

They are "pods" and for them to be in abundence in a 4 month old tank with no fish is very common, they will "level out" with time... perfectly normal and its showing your tank is pretty healthy so far

[Snowboarda42]

pods are very beneficial, they eat leftovers.

They will help consume detrius, excess foods, etc.

DONT get a mandarin if your tank is only 4 months old. Wait at LEAST 8 months, unless you found one thats eating prepared food. Otherwise it will slowly starve after a while. These fish eat around 300 pods a day easily.

[fishmaniac13]

I have them to but only on the glass

[e_baer]

Yeah, definately dont get a mandarin. the are considered "dificult" to take care of because of their picky eating habits.

[stlcardinalnut]

I got a Target (psychadelic) Mandarin that the guy at my LFS showed me ate MYSIS. He through a couple MYSIS in the tank at the store and he gobbled them up. Took him about 3 days to start eating the MYSIS in my tank but now he will eat a couple a day whether I target feed or not (if my fire shrimp don't steal it out of his mouth!).

Here is "Spot" as my 6 year old has affectionately named him!

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