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Tiny white bugs jumping/swimming around on my plants?

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I was closely inspecting some brown discoloration on my on my Anubias plant and noticed these small bugs swimming around almost jumping on it and my moss ball. I mean these things are tiny like specks of dust but dust cannot move like these things do. I'm guessing this is some sort of mite?

Please help me, I've only had this tank (2gal) for 6 weeks and have had a new problem every week!! :(

Thanks guys!
 
#7 · (Edited)
Some people feed their fish 6 days a week and skip a day.

While I was on vacation I had the neighbor only feed every other day to make sure there wasn't a large amount of food in the tank. This was for 2 weeks, and the fish were happy and healthy when I got home. I know it's natural to not want to starve them, but he would be okay if you went every other for a week.

I got the bugs, I thought mine were daphnia, mine did not swim they hopped everywhere, from a Moss ball i bought from the pet store. I didn't see them until I put them in the tank. Like I said mine disappeared after a few weeks once I started to make sure there was no uneaten food after a minute or two in the tank.
 
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