microscopic floaters in Ebb/flow reservoir

caruzer

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6 years - 18 crops, never seen these before.
I'm at week 5 flower, GG4

Found these floaters in my reservoir. I cannot find any on the plants (assuming the water is pumped from below surface , and they're not making it into the hydroton bed. )

I tried spraying some fungicide/miticide, and they got really active, but remained alive.

What am I dealing with? Are these mosquito larvae?

UPDATE: I am pretty sure these are mosquito larvae. I used Lost Coast Plant Therapy to the reservoir - it suds up and seems to have killed off the larvae. I'm gonna drain this tank and refresh my solution, hopefully killing it off before the next batch. It's indoors, and I've never seen a mosquito in there. I'm perplexed.

Thanks
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They are nothing to worry about, they are springtails and they eat dead roots. They are good. I always get them growing in coco. Touch one of them and if it jumps then it's a springtail
Patience is not my virtue. I failed to not worry about them, and reacted as if they were mosquito larvae. Lesson learned.

I hope the aggressive sudsing with plant wash didn’t harm my plants. Time will tell
 
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