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Information about how to remove and eliminate marine animals that are considered by most aquarists to be problem pests in salwater systems, such as Aiptasia Anemones, Bristleworms, and Mantis Shrimps, and although beneficial animals, how to control large populations of Copepods and Amphipods that can become a bothersome nusiance to fish in aquariums.

What The Heck Is That In My Aquarium?

What are those little white dots growing on my aquarium glass? What are those little white bug-like things swimming around my tank? Is it a bristleworm, shrimp, plankton, anemone, urchin, copepod, amphipod, starfish, worm, parasite or some other organism? Is it going to hurt my aquarium?

Those Little White Bugs in Your Aquarium

Your About Guides profile those little white bugs you see swimming or crawling around your aquarium. Learn about copepod and amphipod facts, what marine species will eat them, how to add them to a saltwater aquarium as a food source, as well as control or remove them if they are taking over becoming pests.

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