Hypoaspis miles or something else?

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jdolris29

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• Feb 4, 2018

• #1

only seen on rapid rooters so far not on leaves. they move pretty fast and are whitish and visible when watering. any ideas?

 

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jdolris29

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• Feb 5, 2018

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They seem to be eating the small amount of algae on top of soil. But I have some signs of deficiency up top.

 

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jdolris29

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• Feb 5, 2018

• #3

Water temp 69 ec .1 (80ppm) 200 par lighting temp avg 72-78

 

chiqifella

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• Feb 5, 2018

• #4

I'd kill em with a soapy/oily/watery dip while you're waiting for identification though...
(root aphid=my guess)

 

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jdolris29

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• Feb 5, 2018

• #5

chiqifella said:

I'd kill em with a soapy/oily/watery dip while you're waiting for identification though...
(root aphid=my guess)

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all the images online ive seen look more like a mite?

 

chiqifella

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• Feb 5, 2018

• #6

jdolris29 said:

all the images online ive seen look more like a mite?

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could be
soapy oily water will kill those too

 

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jdolris29

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• Feb 5, 2018

• #7

Problem is I don’t really want to go killing them if it may affect the seedlings since they are really just starting out and are fragile :/

 

jondamon

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• Feb 11, 2018

• #8

To me these look like MOULD MITES.

They feed on decay and fungus.