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Posted	White Mites
21-07-2006 08:58 by Malawimad	Hi guys, Went through to my friends last night and he has purchased a nice modern 5ft tank, lovely glass bend on the front and then goes back straight again: He is using the following equipment: External aqua plus 6 - Huge external canister Internal Eheim filter of some kind, pretty large and he paid £40 for it... He has an aqua glow and a sun glo light.... He's had the tank about a week now, He putr in some platties just to get the system going, however when i looked closely at the glass there are thousands of tiny white mites, its not dust or particles from the new filters because when you watch them closely they move.... Its something i've never seen before, anyone have any ideas on what it is or how it can be treated???? Thanks
21-07-2006 09:39 by Malawimad	I'm sure Kevin George will be able to help me on this....where r ya mate?????????
21-07-2006 09:53 by Malawimad	Von... i know your out there, your clued up on this stuff...any ideas????
21-07-2006 09:55 by von	The only thing i can think of is i have this sometimes and they seem to come out of the garden hose that i use to fill the tank, they are harmless and i used to occasionally see fry eat them, i wouldn't worry
21-07-2006 09:57 by Malawimad	Thats so weird you said that von because he used a gardem hose to fill the bl00dy thing, I'll mention it to him, do they go in time because he noticed them 2 days ago and they seem to be multiplying!!!
21-07-2006 10:03 by von	I guess they must be the larvae of something, if the fish are small they will eat them.
21-07-2006 10:04 by Malawimad	Yeh he's got about 10 platties in there, He's eventually going into large SA cichlids, But not until everything is right!!! So just let nature takes it course Von..is there no treatments out there which can be added?
21-07-2006 10:07 by von	I would never add chemicals unless it's a last resort, they are harmless and are more than likely a good food for the fish, when the weather gets colder they will stop anyway, don't add anything, especially if the tank is cycling
21-07-2006 10:10 by Malawimad	ok von, Cheers for the info.... much appreciated!!!
21-07-2006 10:46 by von	welcome
21-07-2006 22:45 by kevin george	sorry been on a filter mission as von said maybe from hose and let the fish eat em maybe get him to buy some corydoras to eat em or clown loach

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