Tiny white bugs ate my eggs!

[Oz fish guy]

So after the realization that these bloody bug bastards destroyed my batch of jag eggs i need these bugs to bugger off. Im not gunna try take a photo they are to small. Im armed with google knowledge for this battle but i need more. These ****ers are on nearly every surface. Thousands of millions of them. I introduced them to my breeding jag tank. (500ltr) from a darn plant. They seem to be elongated mites or fleas. How do i bugger the bugs off?

 

[Yoimbrian]

most pest outbreaks are from overfeeding / leftover food. A little bug starves to death faster than a fish.

Also, lots fish will eat stuff like that. I had a massive worm outbreak when I was cycling my tank (not sure if from the driftwood or the plants from my buddy, but they were ~1/4" worms, loads of them), and when I finally added some danios they LOVED chasing them down. Within a few days they were all gone, I think the danios are sad about it...

 

[Oz fish guy]

Yea thats what ive read about it. I cant exactly put small enough fish that can see them in the parachromis manganese tank. They will become lunch themselves.

 

[Gourami Swami]

Tough situation, the easy solution is to put small fish in there. I had tons of gammarus in my nano tank, then I added 4 galaxy rasboras and boom none at all. Best move might be to temporarily put the managuense in another tank and put some danios in there. Only problem is they won't get 100% of them, and in a couple months you'll probably have to do it again when the population explodes.

 

[duanes]

Whenever adding new plants a short dip in potassium permanganate, or alum can do wonders for ridding the plants of pests, especially if the plants are from local waters like a pond.

 

[Oz fish guy]

Cant i just salts the ****s? Im not gunna remove the jags they are to big for other tanks.

 

[Oz fish guy]

Yea thats a good idea. I had a few tinnies and decided i wanted to put some plants in my 6ft, so i grabbed some outta the murry cod pond out the back. Big mistake

 

[Davidiator]

i would stop feeding fish for a week or 2 and do a 50% WC every other day. that should get rid of them

 

[J. H.]

are they seed shrimp?

 

[duanes]

do they look anything like either of these?