unwanted(?) ALIEN in my tank

[JEAE21]

I just checked my tank and saw some white stuff floating around..i thought it was just some scraps but then i see it swimming...

it's a white or transparent color. around 1mm.
it swims fairly well with it's tiny legs.

is shaped like a flounder or a horseshoe crab

 

[Death Pony]

brine shrimp?

 

[AquataHolic420]

weird!!! i need a pic of the mutant!

 

[spexmoneymaker]

it might be a water flea (flee?). they are bad. there is a topic around here stickied somewhere with a very nice pic of it.

 

[paul112]

It's not one of these is it?

Paul

 

[AquataHolic420]

It's not one of these is it?

Paul

Those are gross, if thats what u have KILL IT!

 

[JEAE21]

hmmm it looks like a brine shrimp..
i took it out though..

i'm not sure if there are any others.


at first i thought that it was crawdad babies, but then i didn't think the one i threw in the tank isn't big enough...

the other thing is that i bought some feeders at PETCO yesterday.. could they have been stuck to the gold fish/rosiered minnows?


paul112; it's shaped like that one but not colored at all.
are they harmful to turtles?



i don't know who caused it but after i fed a small amount of bloodworms to the bluegill today, the one hiding in the cave came out and died minutes later..

 

[sandtiger]

Look something like this?

Daphnia

If so it is harmless and actually a good food source for smaller fish.

 

[rob0521]

Eww. Glad there is only one.

 

[509stinger]

Had an infest of water lice from a plant i got from a lfs