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Tiny insects on floating plants.

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#1 ·
Hey all!

I was checking my platy tank becasue i recently had a baby boom!

While i was checking from the top of my tank i noticed tiny little yellow/orange bugs smaller then ants on top of my floating plants. Thinking i could just use em for fish food i pushed the floating plants down into the water so that they would fall in...

Well they didn't. These little buggers are skipping across the water line and driving my platy crazy who are trying to get a snack! Any idea what they might be?
 
#2 · (Edited)
They might be mites and if so I think they are harmless. They eat stuff on the surface of your water. Try to scoop them with a net. If you can increase surface agitation of your water it might make life rough for them and cut down on what they're eating. That might also crowd them into a corner and you could vacuum them out.
 
#6 ·
They're harmless, leave them, some will get eaten. They are common in tanks with floating plants.
 
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