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white tiny creatures in my tank

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Question
I have white tiny creatures that just appeared in my tank the tank is 20 months old with clown and snails have good dark green algee they are eating the algee what are they and should i get rid of them before i put the clowns back in
Thanks Teena  

Answer
Teena,
They are most likely a zooplankton of some sort and are completely harmless to the tank.  Water changes tend to reduce their populations, and gobies, dragonettes, etc eat them.

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Scott Johnson
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