SMALL BUGS LIVING UNDER THE LIGHT HOOD... HUH?
I have had these small greenish looking bugs all over the underside of
my light canopy for years now, well since I brought home water plants. I have gotten rid of the plants because I did not have time to clean the filters because of my job sending me all over the country. . . anyway's now that I have purchased a good quality digital camera with macro, I have just taken a pic of the bugs walking over a piece of half submerged wood stick in the tank, and also have taken a high quality macro video of the bugs moving. Could someone please tell me what they are and more importantly, could someone also tell me if they are harmful to the fish in anyway. I explained this story to the local fish store but all he said was that it's a sign of a great ecosystem in my tank. . . maybe. For someone to answer this question I don't think that I should have to explain the total setup of my tank, except to say that it is an established 80 gallon freshwater community tank that gets overfed cause I still can't quite figure out if I'm giving my guys enough food. I know enough to NOT post pictures here so could someone please send me their email address so that I could send you the pics or/and the video of the bugs in/on my tank. Actually I'm quite happy with the quality of the pics because you can actually count the legs on these bugs that seem to be a couple of mil's in length. . . PS: The pics were taken at 5.1 megapixel, so the file is like 2.5 meg to download. Charlie Nova Scotia, Canada |
"noah body" wrote in message ... I have had these small greenish looking bugs all over the underside of my light canopy for years now, well since I brought home water plants. I have gotten rid of the plants because I did not have time to clean the filters because of my job sending me all over the country. . . anyway's now that I have purchased a good quality digital camera with macro, I have just taken a pic of the bugs walking over a piece of half submerged wood stick in the tank, and also have taken a high quality macro video of the bugs moving. Could someone please tell me what they are and more importantly, could someone also tell me if they are harmful to the fish in anyway. I explained this story to the local fish store but all he said was that it's a sign of a great ecosystem in my tank. . . maybe. For someone to answer this question I don't think that I should have to explain the total setup of my tank, except to say that it is an established 80 gallon freshwater community tank that gets overfed cause I still can't quite figure out if I'm giving my guys enough food. I know enough to NOT post pictures here so could someone please send me their email address so that I could send you the pics or/and the video of the bugs in/on my tank. Actually I'm quite happy with the quality of the pics because you can actually count the legs on these bugs that seem to be a couple of mil's in length. . . PS: The pics were taken at 5.1 megapixel, so the file is like 2.5 meg to download. Charlie Nova Scotia, Canada Post the pictures on alt.binaries.aquaria |
If they've been there 3 years they can't really be that harmful. send me a pic to richard (at) aquaria (dot) net. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mercedes Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org |
If they are aphids, most small fish will eat them. Try feeding them to
your fish. Aidan Grey On Mon, 20 Dec 2004 07:04:28 GMT, Richard wrote: I received the picture of the bugs today. They're Aphids. Ladybugs will eat them. A light misting with h202 should kill them and not hurt any fish or plants. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mercedes Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org |
First of all, thank each of you for your replies to my question. I have had only two people come forward to help me with identifing these bugs, one guy said Aphids, the other said Springtails, but after reading I know now that there's 6000 species of these tiny bugs, so it's hard to tell maybe. One reply said to feed them to my fish, but the bugs are above the waterline, all over the underside of the canopy and all over the floating wood that is above the surface, hundreds and hundreds now. I am going to experiment with my new dig. camera now and see just how good of a macro shot I can get with it and send it to some Marine Biologist, hey then again, since I live on the water's edge of Nova Scotia and I'm only a drive away from the Nova Scotia Institute of Marine Biology, I'll see if I can get them to put their heads together. This is all in fun by the way .. I'm just curious to know what they are. Thanks again for your replies in this forum. Charlie Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada |
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noah body wrote: First of all, thank each of you for your replies to my question. I have had only two people come forward to help me with identifing these bugs, one guy said Aphids, the other said Springtails, but after reading I know now that there's 6000 species of these tiny bugs, so it's hard to tell maybe. One reply said to feed them to my fish, but the bugs are above the waterline, all over the underside of the canopy and all over the floating wood that is above the surface, hundreds and hundreds now. I am going to experiment with my new dig. camera now and see just how good of a macro shot I can get with it and send it to some Marine Biologist, hey then again, since I live on the water's edge of Nova Scotia and I'm only a drive away from the Nova Scotia Institute of Marine Biology, I'll see if I can get them to put their heads together. This is all in fun by the way .. I'm just curious to know what they are. Thanks again for your replies in this forum. Charlie Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada WHat kind of fish do you have in the tank? It seems to me some active top feeding fish should clear them out. The "golden wonder killi" (gold form of Aplochelus lineatus) comes to mind. They're utter pigs, common and only feed at the top. -- Need Mercedes parts ? - http://parts.mbz.org http://www.mbz.org | Mercedes Mailing lists: http://lists.mbz.org 633CSi 250SE/C 300SD | Orkut:RS79 Classifieds: http://ads.mbz.org 1970 280SE, 72 280SE | Watches list: http://watches.list.mbz.org |
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