Mike P Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 Anyone know what this could be? It looks like some kind of shrimp and I see 4 of them in my tank. They are super small and I first noticed them months ago when I would turn off all my pumps and they would just be floating on the surface until I poked at them. I do have a cleaner shrimp in my tank but I’m not sure if these could be the babies or something else. Hope it’s not a bunch of mantis shrimp. Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 19 minutes ago, Mike P said: Anyone know what this could be? It looks like some kind of shrimp and I see 4 of them in my tank. They are super small and I first noticed them months ago when I would turn off all my pumps and they would just be floating on the surface until I poked at them. I do have a cleaner shrimp in my tank but I’m not sure if these could be the babies or something else. Hope it’s not a bunch of mantis shrimp. Looks like a type of pod. I always see this type down in the sand. I have a video somewhere of one waving it’s arms to catch food. I thought they looked like mantis shrim also. Closest pic I could find that is similar: Quote Link to comment
Mike P Posted October 31, 2018 Author Share Posted October 31, 2018 4 hours ago, WV Reefer said: Looks like a type of pod. I always see this type down in the sand. I have a video somewhere of one waving it’s arms to catch food. I thought they looked like mantis shrim also. Closest pic I could find that is similar: Yeah that looks really similar. It’s a pretty big pod Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 20 minutes ago, Mike P said: Yeah that looks really similar. It’s a pretty big pod Keep us posted. I had a bunch in the beginning and then they mostly disappeared. Quote Link to comment
Mike P Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Was able to get a better picture of these things and discovered I have way more then originally thought. They are all over my sand 2 Quote Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 If they are not pests then all is good and you have a vital part of your micro-CUC. Hell ship me a bunch haha. 2 1 Quote Link to comment
Mike P Posted November 13, 2018 Author Share Posted November 13, 2018 I was able to get a close up picture of one of these guys. Very interesting to watch them 3 Quote Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted November 13, 2018 Share Posted November 13, 2018 6 minutes ago, Mike P said: I was able to get a close up picture of one of these guys. Very interesting to watch them Awesome pic Quote Link to comment
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