Tiny Creatures In Tank?

[stubert]

Hello, i've just noticed my betta tank has these tiny tiny white creatures in it, smaller than a grain of sand, they are similar in shape to brine shrimp or something, and they bolt around really quickly, any ideas? i recently added 2 snails into the tank which i found in my other tanks filter but apart from that nothings been added to the tank for a while now, are they parasites? how can i get rid of them if they are any danger to my fish?

thanks

 

[razer121]

ya know i noticed this and then they turnt into snails.....

 

[stubert]

pretty sure these arnt snails, ive got baby snails in there and im pretty sure snails dont swim..

 

[razer121]

oh right lol, ye mine were stuck "swiming" on the glass and stuff in the tank, do they look like little white balls swiming about?? about 1mm in size? i had them when i had a betta tank i think they was some kind of water flee?? doubt you have anything to worry about, i will troll google see if i can get a pic up of a few different creatures that are small but for some reason end up in our tanks

 

[stubert]

these arnt even 1mm literally the grains of sand in the tank are about 4x bigger than them, baby snails ive got look like a sploge on the side of the tank i didnt realise what they where till i squashed one and all this brown stuff came out, these you can see a tail and a body as i said similar sorta shape to brine shrimp, and they dont swim they sorta dart around

 

[razer121]

take a look here and think of these as tiny little dots in your tank...

http/www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/mag/artjun99/wflea.html

and this guy...

http/fishweb.ifas.ufl.edu/planktonweb/Cyclops.jpg

 

[Monty2451]

The only thing that comes to my mind is gill/skin flukes. They are a small external parasite that attach themselves to a fish's gills or body and draw blood from them. A fluke infestation can wipe out a tank in no time, so if you notice your fish start looking ill (heavy breathing, loss of color, loss of apatite, etc.) treat the tank with an anti-parasite med (copper based works well as aquatic inverts cannot tolerate copper). Good luck.

 

[stubert]

i dont think they are the gill flukes

this is the shape they are

http/en.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/68/Diaptomus_GLERL_1.jpg

so either these or the cyclops hard to tell exactly cos they are so small, but thats the general shape, going to not feed the tank for a few days and hope the tetras ive got in there eat them