I dont think those are mites...

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Posted by Ivan on August 27, 2001 at 15:34:06:

In Reply to: MITES???? posted by ECKO on August 25, 2001 at 10:36:16:

Those little bugs appeared in Freddy's aquarium once, and I didnt even know mites existed. They came in the food. I used to mix a little bit of the commercial stuff with his salad every day, and these little bastards were living in the bottle of food. It was pretty gross. They are soooo small that you have to stare into a section of the tank to find them, right? Anyway, I think Mathew T and I have the same bug in common, and its nothing to worry about once you disinfect.

: Okay when I was about to put HOSS in for his bath this morning I noticed a little red bug about the size of the tip on a needle roaming about on him...I got it off him and mashed it and didn't see anymore until I started to clean out his aquarium. I saw a few more roaming around on the driftwood, but nowhere else. Are these mites, and how would I get them. When I got all the accessories for my tank I completely disinfected them....used the bleach solution you talk about, and went as far as cooking the rocks, and driftwood in the oven at 350 degrees for about a half hour...If these are mites and I took the appropriate actions for disinfecting how would I get them or could this just be little bugs on the driftwood that survived the "BAKING"...God please tell me these aren't mites, and can they harm HOSS??? and what actions should I take now???? Thanks all!!!!

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: Those little bugs appeared in Freddy's aquarium once, and I didnt even know mites existed. They came in the food. I used to mix a little bit of the commercial stuff with his salad every day, and these little bastards were living in the bottle of food. It was pretty gross. They are soooo small that you have to stare into a section of the tank to find them, right? Anyway, I think Mathew T and I have the same bug in common, and its nothing to worry about once you disinfect. : : Okay when I was about to put HOSS in for his bath this morning I noticed a little red bug about the size of the tip on a needle roaming about on him...I got it off him and mashed it and didn't see anymore until I started to clean out his aquarium. I saw a few more roaming around on the driftwood, but nowhere else. Are these mites, and how would I get them. When I got all the accessories for my tank I completely disinfected them....used the bleach solution you talk about, and went as far as cooking the rocks, and driftwood in the oven at 350 degrees for about a half hour...If these are mites and I took the appropriate actions for disinfecting how would I get them or could this just be little bugs on the driftwood that survived the "BAKING"...God please tell me these aren't mites, and can they harm HOSS??? and what actions should I take now???? Thanks all!!!!

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