Au-fwuchs! - What Are Those Little White "Bugs" in My Fish Tank?! Those Aquarium Specks on the Glass
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- Опубліковано 15 лип 2024
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Aufwuchs! No, I'm not swearing- I'm talking about the tiny organisms living in your aquarium. in this video I discuss which organisms are beneficial and which can be a problem as well as how to get rid of the troublemakers.
I awoke at 3 a.m. to find tiny white bug looking creatures crawling on the glass of my shrimp tank at first I was alarmed, where did these bugs come from, they weren't here yesterday. upon further inspection I was able to determine that they were simply copepods, a harmless nearly microorganism that lives in your fish tank and in almost all bodies of water.
I will be discussing the use of Guppies to eat these creatures as well as any other creatures such as planaria, or Hydra. it's a matter of taste whether or not you want a natural biome in your fish tank, or you want a pristine simply shrimp plants and beneficial bacteria ecosystem.
Tardigrades, also known as water bears as well as other copepods are some of the strongest and most resilient life forms known to man. come with me in this video and learn a little bit about what they are, where they come from, and what they do.
We will also discuss biofilm, and how these creatures are a good indicator species to determine whether a tank is healthy and producing Plankton, algae, protozoa, and copepods for tiny shrimp and Fry to thrive - Домашні улюбленці та дикі тварини
Not gonna lie...i saw these in my planted tank this past weekend and I was freaking out.
same lol
Just freaked out over these little guys too. 😱
Same lmao
That’s why I am here furiously researching on UA-cam tonight! lol
Me too
I was about to die when I saw these in my tank. I thought it was a parasite. Thankfully you had this video that gave me super relief!
Glad to help!
That was so funny...about to die. Same here by the way. So glad they are a good sign. Best wishes.
I looked this up at 4am freaking out that I had something wrong with my tank. Thank you!!!! I can go back to sleep
they look like little fleas or dandruff. i freaked out, i thought they were some kind of parasite! 😅
That’s what I thought too! Thank goodness they’re healthy
I personally believe that tiny creatures in my tank mean that I'm doing something good that is allowing these things to survive. Not to mention that they also help you keep the ecosystem running! Keep on creating, Alex!
100%
Man, I’m so glad I came a cross this video. I have these I’m my tank and was cleaning it and came across several of them. Thanks for the video and putting my mind at ease with these things.
Thanks...you have been the only truly informative voice explaining all the mysteries in my shrimp tank!
Glad to hear you enjoy the channel. Thanks for watching :)
Also, excellent video. Chasing a guppy fry through my moving bed filter (unplugged) and listening to you, searched copepods for the record, and your monologue was excellent, informative, and...just...good. Thanks man. Subscribed. Don’t stop making videos. I’m subscribed to Rachel Leary, king of diy, big al’s fish, and now, YOU. I don’t care about production value. Just keep making videos that aren’t dumbed down.
I saw these in my tank today and did have a freak out, but your video was very helpfull thankyou.
I saw a lot in my shrimp tank. I was freaking out. This is very helpful. Thank you for the information.
Hi, been subbed to the channel for a while now and I really like the factual/educational style of your videos:)
Thank you kindly. I try and toss a little something interesting in all the videos, but shoot for 1 fairly heady video of history or biology each week or so.
Dude you make great content, your substrate video taught me a whole lot and this is just fascinating.
Very calming voice as well 🤙🏻
Thanks I really appreciate hearing the videos that make a difference to folks. I'm honored to have you as a viewer. Cheers!
Really Helpful video saving this one for future ref. for myself and others thank Alex
great information! felt like i was in biology class haha. your knowledge on the topic is quite evident! keep up the good work and hope your tanks are doing well.
Thank you kindly! And also, my tanks are doing very well- just coming back from a sort of wild and over grown summer- time for aquascaping during the rainy Seattle winter
So glad you did this video!! I was freaking out over a tiny 1mm bug tonight zipping around my fish bowl. I'm watching more closely now, lol!! Thanks!! USA
No problem, I'm glad you enjoyed it. There's some videos of them under the microscope as well on this channel...if you dare haha
@@Fishtory Good to know, yes, I would like to see them under the microscope, haha. Thanks again!
Thank you so much for this video. You are very knowledgable. I was so worried about the copapods until I watched this.
I watched this video while cleaning out my axolotl tank. I learned a lot!
As a newcomer to this hobby your channel is absolutely invaluable! Everytime I have a question, you've made the video that contains all the answers and delve deeper into the subject. Thank you for helping me become so passionate about this!
Greetings from Denmark
Thank you kindly for watching my friend! If you ever have questions that I haven't answered, just comment :) Have a great week!
I will, thank you! More questions will undoubtedly show themselves :) Hope your week will be great as well!
Those guys popped up in a tiny tank I’m cycling in the 2nd week! Yay, I’ve been adding live plants and healthy bacteria, so this makes me happy!! 3rd week now and they’re going strong. 😁
I’m new to fish keeping hobby and I just saw these in my betta tank after adding new plants, I panicked and luckily found this video. Thank you for this, I can now sleep without any worry.😌
Hey Mike,, no problem. I am Glad to help! Welcome to hobby and channel, as well!
-Alex
@@Fishtory these white creatures are moving on my fish body. Is any harm??
Thanks a ton I was worried when I saw this on my new garden soil planted tank , this video cleared my head thanks once again
Hey no worries my friend! Tank on!
I saw these in my tank. They move so fast, it seems like there’s a glitch in the matrix.
Hahahahahahah
Yah hahahh they’re so fast very small
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣i couldn't find the way how to explain it. But this is definitely it 🤣🤣🤣🤣
are they harmless?
Well crap.. I was so worried! I just found these in my tank a few minutes ago. Geez they are little badasses 😱..
Thank you very much for the info! I really appreciate it!
I just found those seed shrimp in my blue velvet shrimp tank and it freaked me out too. Thank for the info
Great job man! I really like the content. Keep up the great work!
+D2ArkaAra thank you kindly. And thanks for watching
great voice and even better explanations. i love how you word things.
Wow, thank you!
This is wonderful!! I just noticed them in my tank today, and I assumed they were little harmless bugs that benefit the tank and stuff or whatever. I don't know what to call it xD thank you!
The tank I noticed them in is one of the tanks I'm most proud of, just because of how well it's been handljng ammonia and such. I've put a lot of boiled oak leaves and sticks in this tank for my halfmoon betta who doesn't get around great due to his tail. It all decided to decompose rather quick and have the thick fluffy layer stuff, which spiked the ammonia pretty high in an uncycled tank before. But ammonia never went above 0 in this tank. Also, it's semi-blackwater!! Love it xD
Excellent information! I’m working on establishing “sealed ecosystems” that can support fish and your videos have soooo much good info in them that relates to my project. You’re my teacher lol
That's kind of you. I'm just honored if I can be of any assistance
I love this channel. Thanks so much!
Man I’ve been looking for a while! I found these in my axolotl tank and started freaking out 😂 thank you very much!
Glad I could help!
Always coming through homes appreciate you player
Thanks mang
The is for the info. I was freaking out for a second. Sent this video to my new to shrimp keeping neighbour
Very informative and totally fascinating, thank you!
No problemo
i watch this video like once a month idk why i love it.
Haha well maybe it needs an update! Thanks for tuning in
I really love your channel dude. So so much. Shine on ya crazy diamond 💎
Ahhww thanks! I really appreciate that, as well as the Floyd Reference haha. Have a great week
thankyou this is the only place that i found info on when i pulled some stuff out of my tank to rinse of and wondered why my fingers were sticky which was hard to even get off my hands
Youve got it. You will enjoy my newest video on tannins most likely as well. Cheers
Just found your channel when searching for those little bugs on my planted shrimp tank. Planning to add guppies to keep the population on check. New sub!
Welcome my new friend! Have a look around, i have about 500 videos to choose from
The Secret History Living in Your Aquarium I certainly will!! Thank you, Alex ☺️
PS. The worm swimming around looks like a detritus worm imo. but since you added guppies, those fish will definitely take care of them 😅
@@christianpaulcampugan9224 it was...i waited till 3am flipped the lights on, and tada! All over the glass where i left extra shrimp food
I have been trying to figure out what these are since last night. Spent hours online watching videos, and never found any information about them until I finally came across your videoand they are I dead cocapods. . Thank you soooo much. They were creeping me out, and I was really bothered by not knowing what they were. I can now sleep peacefully. Will definitely subscribe to your channel. Very impressed.
Well I'm glad the video helped! Also welcome to the community!
Thank you my friend, I was freaking out when I shaw these little creatures in my shrimp tank. Keep going bro, and again, thank you very much!
Little fish love to eat em
Yeah, thank you! I am about to add some tetras glow cause it would help with these creatures and I want a bit more of movement and color in my tank @@Fishtory
Thank you for this video, I just had a population of these little white bugs explode in my betta tank...I’ve never seen them before they are pretty interesting...good to know they are friendly!
No problemo
I noticed these in my tank this past week and noticed they looked just like the tiny white bugs we started in our gecko cage to eat the waste and keep the substrate healthy. So I figured they weren’t bad, but I wondered how the heck they got there! Very interesting video! Good to know it means my tank is healthy after a terrible algae bloom a couple months ago that I worked so hard to clear without chemicals. (Turned out adding more live plants was the final thing that restored my tank to normal and clear!)
You got it!
Thanks dude. Upgraded my tank and wasn't sure what they were.
I get excited when I see bugs, kinda fun
Awesome! My tank isn't the prettiest but at least it's healthy. I was worried about these little white "mites." Thanks!
Glad to put your mind at ease
Loved the info!
+chucknorisclone i appreciate that greatly, welcome!
Wow you are full of knowledge my friend. 😮👍
I try...but im always learning. Theres always more to learn
Wow! Thank you! Very helpful
Glad to be of service, my friend!
That worm you saw was an annelid substrate worm and they're the OK kind, good food for Corydoras and Guppies.
Gracias
Great video, very informative! Subscribed 👍
Welcome! There are many more nerdt videos haha. Enjoy!
I freaked out when I saw hundreds of these in my fish tank. Glad to know they're not parasites 😅 I do water change every week.
Your voice soothing as heck
Thank you kindly.
I must have picked them up in my filter when I was using it to filter some stream fish.
So helpful!
Wonderful! Im glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching and welcome
Amazing to me.. been searching for ANYONE who has info on the little white bugs!
I never leave comments.. (extremely rare) but I wanted to thank you for taking time out to explain about the Copepod. I get them in vase water i keep plant cuttings in.
Extremely interesting on how the heck they get on plant cuttings.. and no matter how many times I clean water, and rinse cuttings with hot water, they magically appear again.. i wonder if they're in our drinking water.
I won't try and get rid of them now since they're basically harmless, and feel bad about all the cuttings I threw out, and all the lil copepods I flushed down sink.
Thank you again.. I will now pass your info. to all these people searching for their "little white bugs in my vase water" questions! Thank you again for your time and patience to explain...
You should teach the little ones, you'd be a great Science teacher!
"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go." -Dr. Seuss
Haha no problem, glad to help. There are 1200 species or more of these little water fleas on top... copepods , seed shrimp, cyclops and brine shrimp or plankton that can live in suspended dry conditions...some up to 80 years! .... most only 6 month to 2 years...but moisture triggers a hatch...or they hitch a ride on dust or pollen, or even in water droplets on humid days
@@Fishtory I used to get the "Sea Monkeys" kit when i was a kid, could order it for like .50 cents..
Realized they were NOT sea monkeys, and we couldn't train them. Just awesome lil brine shrimp. Ahh the days you could send cash through the mail and c.o.d.'s.
I might look in2 those brine shrimp again.. they were cool.
Thank u for ur response... keep teaching! stay sweet n blessed, cause u r!
“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” ~ William Butler Yeats
Very helpful video. I was so happy to find out they mean I'm doing something right lol!
100% enjoy the little things.... reaaaaaallly little things sometimes haha
I was freaking out so much when I found these haha ! So it brought me to this video... I guess I’m doing something good 😅
100% sleep with your mind at ease!
All I can say is thank you!!🙂
Of course! I was curious one day and figured everyone else would be curious what was up too, after i spoke with some biologists
I love this I am really happy for my tank
Right on riiiight on
Great vid thanks
Glad it was of use to you! Cheers
Awfuchs mainly focuses on algae species, biofilm is just a general term for any organisms(grazed by shrimps) that grows on the aquarium surface
You are correct. Over simplifying on my part, since it can all occur in a biofilm or awfuchs layer. Thank you
Thank you
Of course! Thank YOU for watching and or subscribing!
This is a good video
I had some mopani wood sitting around for a loooong time...finally soaked it in tap water for a week. Then I put them in a tank that I recently changed out *all* the gravel for some sand. Now I suddenly have a *ton* of them and they live on one specific spot of the driftwood. I have no idea where they came from lol, but 7+ years for dried eggs suggests the wood. I thought they were calcium buildup at first from feeding the shrimp!
Sweet deal. Fish love those
Very good video
Thanks for the visit
Cycling a tank and have so much life in there already. I too was worried they might be parasites but this is all good.
Oui, si, hell yeah!
I have two female betas that share a 10 gallon. They looooove these little white buggy guys. I constantly see them hunting for them in areas that has dark pebble substrate. I’m guessing the contrast makes it easier to find the little white bois. It makes me so happy to see them being entertained and able to actually hunt with in their environment 🥲 I rarely see them on the glass… I’m guessing because my girls keep the population well under control.
Awesome! Nice tip on the contrasting color too
No worries. It wasn't planaria, just a detritus worm. I think of them as a cross between a earthworm and a maggot. They usually live in and clean debris from the substrate but a huge outbreak in the water column can mean something is 'fishy' with your tank. Your tank looks great, and the inhabitants happy. I found a cyclops in my tank after introducing some rocks I boiled. I had my coffemaker next to the tank till I found microorganisms jumping around in the water reservoir. Mmmmmm, tasty coffee, what's that nutty flavor? My secret ingredient...
Wow really? Never seen a cyclops in my tank, most I've ever seen is a few centaurs
i almost had a stroke when i saw them in my tank and this was the only video that was helpful
Glad to help, then. Happy fishkeeping!
@@Fishtory thanks
As you can see, I'm roaming all around your channel videos and I'm so happy with your content. I discovered those now-called copepods and was a bit worried. I already knew from you that most of the micro organisms are beneficial for the tank but my tank is for now a shrimp only (with 3 Nerites to clean) tank. And your philosophy is in most of your tanks to always have a full ecosystem macro organism (fish), cleanup crew (shrimp/snail), micro organisms so that you have a full loop and everyone's in check. However I started with not an easy task if I only have shrimp because I am powerless against hydra/planeria and other organism that spawn out of nowhere (I had a bladder snail yesterday which I removed). So I am heavily researching how to best balance a tank in that configuration. The additional challenge with a shrimp only tank is that I don't need to feed the shrimp so my nitrates are always 0 and so I'm learning how to grow plants, but that's another super interesting topic :D I got separate N P K and micro fertilizer, and i'm currently reading research about N and P interactions in their respective assimilation by plants. This hobby is so cool man and you're an amazing person to encounter. Definitely will find a way to send you some support other than under the form of words ^^
Whoa im honored and flattered. Welcome to the channel ...and to the deep nerdy side of this amazing hobby haha
Thanks Alex! :)
+ELR glad you enjoyed it, i want to borrow a microscope and do a whole series on zoo and phytoplankton in aquariums. If you enjoyed the videos, id truly appreciate a share if you have a chance, youtube hasnt monetized any videos and my patreon is all of 9 dollars heh, so im trying to grow the channel as much as possible, and get a better camera as well. Have a good one!
+ELR why of course, give the people what they want! Thanks for watching
Hi, I just want to say that the little white torpedo critter is a copepod & not a seed shrimp (Ostracoda) which is a completely different animal :) both copepods & Ostracoda are extremely beneficial to all aquariums.
Yes it's hard to see what they are with the naked eye and I was just seeing both I think... thank you for clarifying though. The camera let's me see clearer but it doesn't mean anything for my mouth and brain being clearer lol
Thanks!
Hey thank YOU! happy 4th of July if applicable haha. Cheers!
I was worried when I just seen them in my new shrimp tank too thought it was bad
that worm floating past is detritus worm, safe
Have them in my betta 5 gallon tank, so I must be doing a good job ☺️ mine are a small but smaller than yours ☺️
Doing good! Hah
My betta hates them. He hates any other creature with him lol
"Auf" means "on" or "on top of" and "Wuchs" (pronounced vooks) just means growth. So it's like "surface growth".
So your translation was pretty decent, you just put the word-break in slightly the wrong place.
(I'm a native German speaker)
Thanks for the great vid, really helpful. Just found some of these ickle critters in my tiny planted vase (no livestock, or so I thought. lol).
They need more to do
I have little white bugs like these. Thank you for posting this video as i love my betta fish so much and i was worried these could be parasites. He likes to eat them 😋
Theyre a snack 😋
i started a dirted tank recently (3 weeks) with a bunch of plants and good light, and boiled driftwood. These little "flea-like" friends appeared on the glass, 3-4 snails "appeared" and flat "worm-like" (harmless RHABDOCOLEA I think) amigos are saying HOLA to me on the same glass ...
Am i OK ??
Or should i put half a botltle of sriracha sauce in the water to get rid of them ??? (JOKE !!)
BTW : You and Father Fish are probably the 2 BEST channels for this "hobby" that is, essentially, biology and science ..... and the fact both of you stick to the FACTS and the "no-bullshit" approach of trying to sell products and "stuff", is what makes you stand out, so good job !
As long as you dont see planaria its all gravey. And thank you kindly.
It is likely seed shrimps have 25% chance of surviving form being digested
Whoa cool fact... probably depending on what eats them, yeah?
Alexander Williamson is the best name ever. 1:5 chance you signed the Declaration of Independence.
I had some ostracods (seed shrimp) in a jar setup, and it got a hydra infestation. It killed the daphnia and copepods for the most part I think, but I saw ostracods survive being grabbed by hydra. As it was caught and grabbed by the hydra it instantly closed its shell, and after just a couple of seconds, the hydra let it go. The ostracod sank a bit down and then swam away seemingly as if nothing had happened. Ostracods seem to establish a bit slower than copepods, but they seem close to indestructible.
Whoa thats cool...ill have to watch closer!
I figured I was doing something right if new life is popping up
Totally!
I thought they were baby shrimps.. thank you sharing this videos .
Why of course!
I didnt know why my betta kept biting the glass till I saw these little things he's eating them free fish food lol
Bingo!
My 10 gallon tank contained 2 guppies, 1 cory, and a dozen or so 'pest' snails. Using a sponge filter, standard heater, standard LED light. Light was on timer (8 hrs per day). It was doing great for months. Water testing always came up good. I thought it was time to give it a clean so I did a 50% water change and within three days the water was green. I thought it was just the glass so I scraped the glass clean but it wasn't.. it was the water. Did another 50% water change but next day water was green again. By the end of the week you couldn't even see the fish swimming in it and one guppy and the cory would only stay on the ground. Two days later they died and left just the one guppy (and I'm assuming the snails). Surviving guppy had babies so I took her and the fry and put them in a completely different tank with the sponge filter from original tank because I was worried they'd die too. (They are doing fine) However after 24hrs the now stagnate tank started clearing up and I noticed hundreds of little white flecks darting back and forth and down in the gravel. Three days have gone past and the water is totally clear again. Do you think those white flecks are these copepods? And would it be safe to return the filter to the stagnate water and put the guppy (& fry) back into the tank with the flecks? Any info would be great =)
Yes i think you're 100% safe with them, and short of hydra and planaria, i wouldn't worry too much
some copepods may be parasitic or carrying callamus worms, which is why never feed daphnia, copepods found in water sources with fish as it highly likely mean callamus worms can exist/thrive. They are used as bio indicators of the water quality
Full of good info today! Thanks. Yes i know those and black worms also can carry nasty nematodes and parasitic infestations
My tank is covered with these help
Justin Gayle reduce the amount u feed your fish
landed on this vid because of this reason.
Great! Hope it helps haha cheers
Very nice video😎👍
I found something white transparent curiously growing on my glass in a zig zag pattern.... have no idea what it is....
Do you have nerite snails? Sometimes they clean in a zip zag and leave behind biofilm?
And I also only see them during water changes. There crawling all over my hang on back filters when the water is about 50 percent gone. Then when I fill it back up I don’t see them anymore
dude. thank god. I was freaking out. there are way too many. but I saved 2 snails from an infestation in my tank and it's regulating and stimulating the plankton too
It's all great microorganisms as food for tiny fry, if you're spawning any small fish species too! But just cut back on feeding I the tank and within 2 or 3 weeks almost any snail infestation will begin to die down...and if you do lots of water changes, usually you can stop their shells from hardening up, and they simply die without the extra food and with soft water that's low in calcium or carbon
@@Fishtory oh I cleared the snail infestation a few weeks ago by clearing out the whole tank. great tip for next time tho if it happens! thank yoU!
Cool!❤️🇦🇺
I got these from a piece of drift wood, I boiled, and baked. along with hydra showed up within a day
Also the worm that floated past was a detritus worm & not a Planaria, so all good :) 👍
I wanted to add an unusual twist to this topic that may have nothing to do with the final analysis. (the tank that I'm concerned with is a Octagon and the point of my comment is these tiny spots are only on the front three panels and they are thick on the corner silicone. However, there's dozens on the tank but no comparison to the numbers on the silicone.
Great news for me as I just found these on our favorite aquarium.
Hmm could be freshwater sponges perhaps too?
I saw these in my beta fish tank and I freaked out because I thought they were gonna kill my lil Carlton
Me too! I saw alot of small microscopic bugs/insect/organsims etc... i hope theyre safe. Im just dtill insecure.
Man you sound really stoned, but also dropped so much info. haha
Lol well i promise i wasn't.... at that time. But glad you enjoyed the info lol. 😊
I drained a 10 gallon tank all the way down to 1 inch, took all the substrate out (glass beads/marbles not my tank but one I saved/adopted) and I saw what looked like a BLIZZARD. it was an absolute storm of tiny tiny little white aufwuchs or infusoria. I proceeded to put potting soil in the bottom and cap it with sand. I tried to do it slowly and carefully so the little critters didn't get buried because I love them and they are great fry food. But after I filler the war with some water I didn't see them anymore. Do you think the oh swing from adding potting soil killed them? Do you think I buried them to death? Or do you think they are okay and I just can't see them now? I put some smooth river pebbles and sand over the dirt and popped some plants in. I hope they are still there. I love the little life in the tanks
They're still in the soil, hiding, i guarantee it :)
this answered one of my questions, but I found this video while looking for what these tiny little egg luke things in my glass are. I thought it was algae, but when it wouldn't come off and was stuck and mimicking a snail egg sac, I took a magnifying glass to them, and they seem to be eggs. But theyre literally microscopically tiny. Theyre attached to the glass, for sure. I had to use my magnetic glass cleaner get them off. Too small to get a picture.
Any idea would be much appreciated!
In a freshwater tank of dalmation mollies, ghost shrimp, bladder snails, mystery snails, assassin snails, painted platys, and aquatic frogs, if that helps at all.
Do you have a nerite snail? Google their eggs
I am actually looking for this microfauna put in my pond before putting fish or shrimp (except planarias)
muy genial. También hace que el estanque sea mucho más saludable para los peces. Si no conoces a nadie que tenga acuarios, busca un arroyo claro con agua que no esté totalmente estancada. un galón de esa agua funcionaría igual de bien. ¡Gracias!