Bug Explosion

[treestump]

hello
I have had a bug explosion in my tank. The tank is a couple of weeks old. I am new to the hobby this is my first tank.
I know there are different types of bugs in reef tank but man they are everywhere!!! Is it normal for a new tank? Some are white some look tan and they are all different sizes
thanks for input

[Young Frankenstein]

That's a good thing, they are pods and beneficial to a reef.

[scowiii]

Pods are good. :)

[Sk8r]

This is called a 'bloom,' ie, when one-two species take off bigtime: it will diminish as your tank ages. They're not harmful---in fact, we do refugiums to try to make this happen---I have no sponges or filters on my tank, to make sure they can travel about nicely from tank to sump and up, and feed my fish.

[drummereef]

Pods most likely, either amphipods or copepods. Both are beneficial. ;)

[Lotus99]

The bloom will probably subside soon. I had a ton of them after the tank finished cycling, but now I have a much lower population.

[UN-Sizzlers]

can you post a pic ? that usually helps alot.