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Insect control
For both or either (well whichever) I would suggest
cutting off all floating leaves from your plants and
introducing some surface dwelling hatchetfish or
killifish.This would do 2 things-get rid of your
insect problem and give you some desireable fish to
trade at your next club meeting.
Hatchetfish/Killies+copious amounts of small
insects=breeding activity+TLC=fish for trade at LFS or
Club Meetings.
Ed
Tokyo Japan
Help!
I was doing a water change and noticed what looked
like a swarm of
bubbles
that you see right when you pour a soda. I looked
closely, and they
are a
thousand million little INSECTS living on the surface
of my tank! They
range from pale brown to pale red, are about 0.5 mm
long, and jump
easily
across the water surface. Ugh. It's disgusting.
What are they? How
do I
get rid of them!?!
Recent changes to the tank - addition of some plants
~4 wks ago.
Addition
of washed Flourite ~2 wks ago. No other changes.
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If they jump, they are springtails, Order Collembola,
and, in my
experience, they do no harm to aquatic plants. They
feed on algae at
the
surface and on the sides of the tank just above the
water surface.
Aphids do not jump and are very slow-moving. they can
be reddish to
brownish, but they are rounder than springtails.
Aphids can be a
problem
for keepers of aquatic plants. They feed on any parts
of aquatic
plants
that contact the water surface.
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