Lizzie June 17, 2008 Share June 17, 2008 about 2 days ago i looked into my new 75gal & noticed a lot of little white stringy dots that, sorry, but look like sperm then i took a closer look & noticed that they look a lot like little newly hatched fish. sorry i attempted to take some pictures, but theyre too small. im actually in the middle of cycling my tank right now so all thats in it is about 30lbs of liverock, about 2-3" of livesand, & 3 airstones, no fishies/inverts. im assuming it came in the liverock because im leaving to hawaii tomorrow (yayyyyy ), i didnt know whether to put the filter in or not, but i decided to put the filter in. anyone have any suggestions on what should i do before i leave/when i get back? or where/how those hatchlings got in my tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi June 17, 2008 Share June 17, 2008 (edited) Probably snail eggs. Good going, if they live, you will have lots of snails cleaning your tank! Leave them in your tank! Edited June 17, 2008 by quazi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reefmontalvo June 17, 2008 Share June 17, 2008 Well you might as well turn on your filtration. The little guys are gonna need water movement soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davelin315 June 18, 2008 Share June 18, 2008 If they're moving, my guess is they are some sort of worm or possibly mysids. If you can describe them a bit more it might help. I wouldn't necessarily filter them out, though, just keep the water circulating. If they truly are fish, then you've got a hitchiker in there somewhere that is a mouth brooder as I don't think that eggs would last a trip out of water. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach June 18, 2008 Share June 18, 2008 sounds like snails to me too:) I had some snails lay a daisy chain of eggs in my tank? but if they are free swimming it couldn't be snails they would be all over the glass anyway good luck keeping them healthy and alive! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie June 20, 2008 Author Share June 20, 2008 i dont think they're snails. they are free swimming and have black eyes. right before i left to hawaii (which is where i am now) i took a peek in the tank after having the filter on for about a day & a 1/2 they all moved to the other side of the tank & they were just twitching around, so not alot were sucked into the filter. i thought they were shrimp babies @ first but then the didnt look like any of the shrimp babies my shrimp have had and they looked very similar to little itty bitty fish so... i dont know. so should i stop the filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dzekunoi June 21, 2008 Share June 21, 2008 Pods maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmubeach June 21, 2008 Share June 21, 2008 Sounds cool can you take pictures? I'm extremly happpy to hear about what these things are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie June 27, 2008 Author Share June 27, 2008 Sounds cool can you take pictures? I'm extremly happpy to hear about what these things are! apparently im in hawaii right now so im not with my tank. also i did attempt to take pictures of them but they were just too small and fast for me. Pods maybe? so pods swim o0? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quazi June 27, 2008 Share June 27, 2008 Yes, pods definitely swim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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