Some kind of a bug in my tanks

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chunkswrestles

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Dec 30, 2008
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hey,
i was just pullin some java moss out of my tank when i noticed these little clear things swimming just above my substrate. Even though i havent had any shrimp in my tank for a while i thought that they were shrimp babies. But then i saw these things dig into my substrate and they appeared to look like a flea. So if they are water fleas are they bad and should i get rid of them? my fish seemed to like eating the few they caught. How did they get in my tank?
thanks
 

jschall

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Aug 14, 2009
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hey,
i was just pullin some java moss out of my tank when i noticed these little clear things swimming just above my substrate. Even though i havent had any shrimp in my tank for a while i thought that they were shrimp babies. But then i saw these things dig into my substrate and they appeared to look like a flea. So if they are water fleas are they bad and should i get rid of them? my fish seemed to like eating the few they caught. How did they get in my tank?
thanks
Water fleas are harmless if they are water fleas. No relation to actual fleas.

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