night creatures- with picture

jess128 · #1 07-17-2005, 05:50 PM

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

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 · #2 07-17-2005, 05:54 PM

Sorry, pics not working.

mr_alberta · #3 07-17-2005, 06:09 PM

From the picture it looks almost like Mysis shrimp.

Xtasia · #4 07-17-2005, 06:57 PM

Amphipods?

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

jess128 · #5 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 · #6 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 · #7 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.