Are these bugs copepods??

[devsi]

Wasn’t trying to cultivate anything but my little snail village, but these have appeared.

Are they copepods?

 

[richiep]

What a lovely diverse tank you have there, I can see seed shrimp detritus and what looks like planaria, I have no doubt there's copeapods in there but need a closer picture

 

[devsi]

Oh wow, that’s more than I was expecting! I remember planaria is bad for shrimp, should I be concerned about it with the snails?

Further ID not required, but I’ve attached more pictures of you’re interested in the tank

It’s just a small vase, probably between 5L-10L, that was setup as a walstad - no filter, heater or light apart from sunlight.

I feed it a bit of algae wafer every now and again.

Never done a WC, just top up every week.

 

[richiep]

Is there a tadpole in there or the way the photos taken
As for planaria its not definite its just the two I looked at were much bigger than the rest, even if it is i wouldn't worry to much, in that sort of tank anything can pop up, I really like it, its doing the job it was made for

 

[devsi]

I’m not seeing what may look like a tadpole? I’m not saying definitely not, but I’d be surprised haha.

I remember you saying planaria will kill shrimp, just wanted to make sure it won’t tear open my snails as well I’ll just make sure I don’t put any shrimp in there haha.

Yeah, it’s very low effort but it’s a neat little ecosystem - snails are breeding slowly.