Bugs in water bowl

[shy nimbus]

I ve noticed sine small white bugs or animals of some sort as they are definetly moving in my geckos water bowl, I do have a spare water bowl that i could use for tonight as its 8pm for me atm too late to go to the vet today or anything like that. Should i switch the water bowl and does anyone know what this could be? Ill attach a photo below

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[glad python]

funnily enough I had the same question the other day! those look like springtails to me

[shy nimbus]

Ah ok! Harmful at all to geckos?

[glad python]

spring tails are cleanup crew actually! they eat mold and shit

[shy nimbus]

oh cool! I wouldnt have a clue lol Ive never done bioactive or looked into it properly

[glad python]

in my experience a lot of topsoil actually just has them in there already, i've got a shit ton in my tank I haven't even had to pay for

[shy nimbus]

Oh fair enough, I personally use earthmix arid good to know they arent harmful to my gecko and are actually a good thing rather than bad lol

[shy nimbus]

Sorry to ping u @glad python but today i noticed some white worms aswell at the bottom of the bowl, they are so tiny that i was unable to take a photo cause my phone just wouldnt focus on it but are these like a different life stage of the spring tails?

[glad python]

<@&443773497429196810> im not qualified to answer that :)

[shy nimbus]

Alright

My initial thought was maybe parasites tbh

[empty helm]

can u show a pic?

[shy nimbus]

I cant, my phone didnt wanna focus on them cause of how small they are

[empty helm]

were they floating on top

[shy nimbus]

No they were on the bottom of the bowl

[shy nimbus]

@empty helm ^

[shy nimbus]

<@&443773497429196810> anyone able to help out with this?

[restive hamlet]

only things i could think of are gnat larvae or some sort of nematode (these are common w dart frog tanks and the only reason ik what they are lol) tho i dont have experience w any in water dishes. just overly wet sub

could do some googling on them tho see which looks like what youre talking about. unfortunately i cant help much without a pic

[grand dew]

If you can send some more pics that would be helpful.

My first thought is Gordian worm/horsehair worm. Part of the phylum Nematomorpha

However they are usually quite long. They live in insects, and exit through the insect’s cloaca when the insect steps into a puddle or pool of water

@glossy seal do you have insight on this

[glossy seal]

Hard to tell without a picture honestly. Not impossible for it to be one, but that'd require such a series of events to get it into a feeder insect that then jumped into a water bowl imo 🤔 and agreed, they are usually quite long (but can be smaller)

If you could get a picture or video Maks (or even a drawing if your phone won't focus) that could help in identifying!