What is this lil white guy with arms?
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The fist picture is of the egg sack thing and an unknown white thing. The second and third picture are of the unknown egg sack looking thing. The last three are a second unknown white thing.
The little guys with arms is a hydra. You don't really want those, especially if you have fry in the tank.
And, erm, hydra are normally a sign that your maintenance schedule needs to be kicked up a notch. (More water changes ... )
And, erm, hydra are normally a sign that your maintenance schedule needs to be kicked up a notch. (More water changes ... )
Oh and in the first picture, it looks like you have a copapod ... and I have no clue what the egg sack thing is. You got a lot of wild life going on in your tank.
oh no, thats not good. This is a freshwater tank, I dont think its copapods unless they are in freshwater too? I do weekly water changes, this is a shrimp tank, I need these guys to go away, Do red Ramshorns work? Will they eat the plants?
Its not at all uncommon to get secondary "inhabitants" in a shrimp tank. I would try and do more frequent gravel vacs if possible. I stick an aquaclear sponge in my gravel vac to keep the shrimp out. Also, what and how much are you feeding? I find that these types of critters seem to develop more when feeding wafers than other foods.
I agree with the hydra and copepod ID's and the increased maintenance 'fix', but honestly these little guys are not a problem. Just think of them as free pets.
okay, I have squished the ones I saw, and they seem to be going away, I have been feeding shrimp pellets and flake food. Is that wrong to feed them shrimp pellets? they are for the coris, but the shrimp are constantly down there eating them too.