flea bugsssss????? help im scared!

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i see a bunch of white bugs/flea like in my tank. they are just aabove the water line. i dont ahve a camera powerful enough to take a picture of them.

they look like a speck of dust but moves. and they are white.


help im worried.
 
Do you have a microscope?

Could be water lice.
 
I used to get something very similar in my 30G tank, tiny white bugs - - like, pinhead size - - and only at the water line, never below . . . basically, every day I would take a very fine fish net and skim off as many as I could . . . eventually, it went away and never came back

have no idea what it was, sorry . . .
 
I had brown ones always above the water line. They would jump on top of the water if they fell in, they are some sort of springtail I googled it and thats what they are, not sure if they are dangerous or not, they went away for a while but are now back. I don't know how to get rid of them, I'll bump the other thread TTT
 
They are springtails. Bettas and guppies love them, as do most fry. Keep them around, you might need them.
 
yes only above the water line. most of them are white and a few of them are brown black.

spring tails? is there a way to get rid of them?
 
heres a pic. pretty much the black and white dots. but cant see much white dots but theres alot

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Feed less, get rid of floating plants, avoid dusty foods that will stay on the surface.
 
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