bugs in my fishtank!

[OSCARLOVER]

I was doing a water change in my convict breeder tank and discovered under the glass lid are about a dozen little nats. They almost look like little fruit flies or regular nats only a couple of millameters long. Does anyone know what these are and how to get rid of them? Thanks!

 

[justin]

squish em

 

[Jeox]

archerfish. XD
Seriously though. Put a jar lid full of honey on top of the tank. They get stuck in it.

 

[HarleyK]

Howdy,

They are most likely Springtails:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collembola

They are not harmful and live off organic residues on the water surface and any equipment (plants, cork bark) that reaches above the surface. There is no way to get rid of them. Consider it an increase in biodiversity of your tank.

HarleyK

 

[OSCARLOVER]

IDK the ones in my tank have wings and fly. I wave found them all around my house but most of them are under the glass lid of my tank.

 

[fish_monger]

yuo should gest squish em good b/c thats a haw i deal with bugs like that.if u know what im saying

 

[vanimate]

yuo should gest squish em good b/c thats a haw i deal with bugs like that.if u know what im saying

Actually, I havn't a clue of what you just said.

 

[ozz465]

IDK the ones in my tank have wings and fly. I wave found them all around my house but most of them are under the glass lid of my tank.

same here man cept there in my w/d filter and my house there annoying as hell.

 

[HarleyK]

IDK the ones in my tank have wings and fly. I wave found them all around my house but most of them are under the glass lid of my tank.

Okay, that rules out Springtails. How about fruitflies?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drosophila

Anything winged that can infest your house requires serious attention. I suggest to wipe down everything above the watersurface. Daily. Until they're gone.

HarleyK

 

[fatsolomon]

get a frog. get a frog to keep under the hood. name him fred and train fred to eat the little bugs. when they are all gone you can feed fred to your piranha.