[arkay]

I've been noticing these little buggers in one of my tanks and was searching today on what they are and how to kill them all off. While reading about CO2 bombing I came across two things that I'm a little confused about:

1. It appears these are isopods that I have. And if I'm reading these articles correctly they are good? Is that correct? They're all over the place... Do the frogs eat them?

2. In my other tank long before I had put frogs in it I noticed snails. No idea where they came from but they wonder around the tank. I thought these were good because they seem to eat the algea buildup and they are pretty tiny. I even went to petsmart and got one of the larger underwater snails to eat the algea under my water. After searching on how to kill the isopods I seemed to find everyone was trying to save the isopods and kill the snails. Whats so harmful with a few snails running around?

Last thing, if I want to CO2 them all, do you just buy a CO2 tank from the hardware store or is there a specific something I can get for this?

Thanks

 

[arkay]

Thanks Ed. My isopods appear to be little black bugs. Matched up the pic with images on google. Disguisting looking buggers. When I originally setup my tank I used a log from outside. I baked it for a few hours to kill everything off. The bugs that fell to the foil are these so I'm guessing I either didnt get them all or I got more somehow. Its been a few years but they are just now becoming more prevelant. I guess I wont worry about them unless they begin to overrun the tank. (I have a RETF in this tank)

On the snails (Dart tank), they help keep the algea down and havent harmed the plants that I know of. I doubt I'll have baby frogs so I'll leave them for now. We'll cross the egg road if it comes. i would also suspect they would help spread the pollen of the plants so new plantage would grow better.

In any event, thanks for the info, I wont worry about it just yet.