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jess128 07-17-2005 05:50 PM

night creatures- with picture
 
In the past few days I've found these things in my tank well after the lights have gone out. I could not get a picture but I looked on Google images and they look pretty close to this
http://image55.webshots.com/155/1/10...5hGYeLl_ph.jpg
There must be at least 10 of them and they scurry around the sand. My first thought was baby hermit crabs, any ideas?

SeaHorse_Fanatic 07-17-2005 05:54 PM

Sorry, pics not working.

mr_alberta 07-17-2005 06:09 PM

From the picture it looks almost like Mysis shrimp.

Xtasia 07-17-2005 06:57 PM

Amphipods?

http://web.odu.edu/sci/biology/jrh/whatis.htm

jess128 07-18-2005 06:47 AM

Try this link for the picture: http://www.canreef.com/photopost/sho...cat=500&page=1
I only see them at night when the lights have been out for a while. How would I suddenly get Mysis in the tank? Oh well, that's a good think I guess if that's what they are.

SeaHorse_Fanatic 07-18-2005 07:23 AM

Usually in some aged live sand or maybe hitchhiked on some live rock or large coral. I used to seed all my tanks with several pounds of live sand from OA & get tanks overrun with pods & mysis in a few months.

BTW, looks like live mysis to me.

Anthony

rudy 07-18-2005 07:23 PM

I just picked up some live rock from Ed99 (thanks by the way), but anyway when I was putting them in the tank had one of those fall on the glass top. I agree they do look like mysis.


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