getting rid of white water mites

[Left C]

Jacques has white water mites in his aqaurium. Do you know how to get rid of them? PlantGeek :: View topic - CO2 system creates white specks on wood

 

[Tom Barr]

Looks more like a fungi to me, few mites eat decaying wood, a shrimp will make quick work of them, get some ADA shrimp.
FW limpets make hard shells about this size, typically on glass though.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Left C]

Thanks Tom, but...

Did you see his drawings and pictures toward the end? It's not fungus. It's some type of arthropods like water mites. He put one under a microscope and drew it.

So Amano shrimp will eat them. I quess some of the species of ghost shrimp will too.

 

[Tom Barr]

Shrimp will lay waste to them as will a gourami, SAE's and most any decent sized fish etc. A wood gnawing pleco also.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Left C]

Thanks very much Tom!

I was getting ready to send Jacques to a "Miteologist."

 

[Tom Barr]

Well, not many are good with aquatic entomology although that was what most did at the lab I worked at in UCSB.

I could get a close approximation, but why? Are these really pest? Are they hurting anything? Are there predators that would like to eat them available?

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[Left C]

I just got a pm from Jacques:

"Thanks a lot, Left C. If you get a chance, please pass on my thanks to Tom!

Jacques"

I told him that I asked you about them. I thank you also.