fish tank

[Guest dwain dibley]

recently i have found little bug like things in my tank lid and just above the water mark, as much as i clean them off they reappear, does anyone know what they are and what i can do to rid them?

the best i can describe them is they are like a smaller corn fly with two antennae.

thanks

[paulus 26]

are they silverfish? they would like the warmth a humidity that a fish tank affords

[Guest dwain dibley]

no mate there not silver fish, there a lot smaller, cheers

[scothunter 12,609]

baby snails

[gnasher16 30,537]

Its probably some kind of gnat or fruitfly.....is there any kind of tiny larvae looking shit on the bottom of the tank....sometimes they will start off as larvae then make there way up during the night.....are they dead when you find them ?....also take your lid right off and give it a proper clean,often theres bits of food in the lid from where you sling it in....depending what fish you have you could try removing the lid for a few days and seeing what occurs.

[Guest dwain dibley]

Its probably some kind of gnat or fruitfly.....is there any kind of tiny larvae looking shit on the bottom of the tank....sometimes they will start off as larvae then make there way up during the night.....are they dead when you find them ?....also take your lid right off and give it a proper clean,often theres bits of food in the lid from where you sling it in....depending what fish you have you could try removing the lid for a few days and seeing what occurs.

thanks for that gnasher,

i'll try that, and they are very much alive, from seeing them last night to this morning there isn't as many,

cheers

[scothunter 12,609]

oh sorry i misread,so they are flying bugs.are they like midges the adult ones?they will be scarad fly.they love humid damp conditions.thy are the wee tiny flys that catch at your eye from time to tiome in the house.normally found in bathrooms.they love to lay eggs in the soil of plants the wee b*****ds.

[Cold Ethyl 63]

Methalene blue might kill them off or something that kills mites in the tank its green cant remeber the name of it That and turn temp up for little bit and they shouldnt survive

[Millet 4,497]

recently i have found little bug like things in my tank lid and just above the water mark, as much as i clean them off they reappear, does anyone know what they are and what i can do to rid them?

the best i can describe them is they are like a smaller corn fly with two antennae.

thanks

Google white springtail's ive had them in the tank's load's of times and they cause no harm what so ever..

[Guest dwain dibley]

recently i have found little bug like things in my tank lid and just above the water mark, as much as i clean them off they reappear, does anyone know what they are and what i can do to rid them?

the best i can describe them is they are like a smaller corn fly with two antennae.

thanks

Google white springtail's ive had them in the tank's load's of times and they cause no harm what so ever..

thanks for that, they are definitely some kind of springtail but not the one's