What are these things in my water??

[Tomatoesonly]

I had to pull a plant because the bud was starting to mold.
A couple days later I look at the vacated 2 gallon bucket, and I see these things in there? What are they? I think I may bomb them with some H202 tonight just to see if it works. I have been adding some bacteria stuff (SAB extreme), you don't think it came from that do you?

 

[ItsGrowTime]

It looks like some of the fungus gnat larvae pics Ive seen before. However, Ive never had them so I cant be sure.

 

[Guest]

I think you have Sea Monkeys!!

 

[Tomatoesonly]

As much of a joke as I "think" you might be making, it very well could be. They feed on algea, which means one of these water treatment things I put in my rez, might have had them as part of the solution.
I'm gonna feel horrible if I just nuked a peacefull society of sea monkeys.

 

[Guest]

Imagine the kind of Karma you'll receive for that!

 

[Brother_Monk]

Those are springtails. They jump around on the surface am I right? They are harmless and will not adversely affect mj roots or plants in any way. I had them when I ran DWC.

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2070.html

 

[Core]

i Think Brother Monk is the wiser here.....:smile:

 

[ItsGrowTime]

Hmm thats interesting since I do have a small springtail colony living in the root ball of a flowering mother yet I have not seen anything like that in the res. They only hang out in the stem/root area of the net pot.

 

[Tomatoesonly]

These things are definately in the top 1/3rd of the water.. and move around diving up and down. Haven't seen any hopping or springing. I'll have to do some more investigation with the magnafyer to see if I can get a better look.