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mjime714
01-20-2006, 10:49 AM
I am currently in the 3rd week of cycling my tank and noticed a bunch of whitish, clear, very tiny feather duster looking things on the glass of my tank. They stick there waving in the current of the water. I used my algae magnet brush thing to take them off. Stubborn little suckers.

I am cycling a freshwater african tank in a 60 gal acrylic aquarium. I am running a wet/dry sump and a fluval canister.

Ammonia is low, almost at 0. Nitrite is a little above .8. (im in the nitrite portion of the cycle). PH is good for Africans (I dont have my notes with me. Ill can give you a measurment when I get home), and the hardness is right where it should be.

I have 4 fish (cobalts zebras) in there and they are eating well and acting very healthy. I also have plants (Anubias, vals, javas) which are also doing well and growing.

What are these little things and are they bad?

Thanks.

Mike
HarleyK
01-20-2006, 11:08 AM
Howdy,

no worry. Check out this thread:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=13464

HarleyK
mjime714
01-20-2006, 12:26 PM
Perfect.. thanks!! Funny how similar posts tend to come in waves.

The ones on my tank look very much like hydra and less like flatworms, but when I get home, ill take a closer look.
guppy
01-20-2006, 9:36 PM
Like this? This is one of the many hydras, unless you have fry in the tank they are harmless, I sort of like them. I had some come in on a plant once that were big enough to eat small brineshrimp, eventually an angel fish ate them.
MarlboroMan
01-20-2006, 10:09 PM
Theres freshwater featherdusters? Haha weird.
mjime714
01-21-2006, 10:53 AM
Like this? This is one of the many hydras, unless you have fry in the tank they are harmless, I sort of like them. I had some come in on a plant once that were big enough to eat small brineshrimp, eventually an angel fish ate them.


Yeah.. looks a lot like those, but very tiny and white. Some are larger than others. When I say tiny I mean you would not notice them on the glass if you were not looking for them.

Thanks for the replies!

MJ
guppy
01-21-2006, 6:40 PM
I have read that they come in colors from clear, white, red, brown, and green, with the green and brown ones sometimes getting more than a quarter inch long, those are the ones I had. Some are barely bigger than protozoa.