Creature ID? Pods?

Clowny88 · 04/24/2015, 08:11 AM

So I'm seeing these guys in my chaeto and walking on my live rock... Not a ton but a few here and there.

They are about the size of a small ant, sort of see through, back tail curls under a little, and they don't swim... They crawl and walk on the live rock. Like a little bug.

It almost looks like a shrimp but doesn't seem to match anything I've Googled.

I do feed frozen brine shrimp from time to time. Is it possible these little guys are from frozen brine shrimp eggs? I don't think they are amphipods or copepods of some sort... But I could be wrong. Not hard to see at all so that's why I ruled out copepods.

homer1475 · 04/24/2015, 08:14 AM

Hard to tell without a picture.

Kyle461 · 04/24/2015, 08:22 AM

Sounds like amphipods. I was watching some of these suckers disappear into the rocks this morning.

Google Images is an amazing function!

homer1475 · 04/24/2015, 08:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Kyle461

Sounds like amphipods. I was watching some of these suckers disappear into the rocks this morning.

I was thinking the same thing, but didn't want to give a proper ID without a picture.

Sugar Magnolia · 04/24/2015, 11:28 AM

Mysid shrimp or amphipods would be my guess.

Clowny88 · 04/24/2015, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyle461

Sounds like amphipods. I was watching some of these suckers disappear into the rocks this morning.

Google Images is an amazing function!

Thanks, Kyle! Yeah hard to take a picture because they are so small. This looks like a winner.

I was on Google images searching brine/mysis shrimp and couldn't get a match. Thanks for the help!

04/24/2015, 08:11 AM	#1
Clowny88 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: N. Illinois Posts: 270	Creature ID? Pods? So I'm seeing these guys in my chaeto and walking on my live rock... Not a ton but a few here and there. They are about the size of a small ant, sort of see through, back tail curls under a little, and they don't swim... They crawl and walk on the live rock. Like a little bug. It almost looks like a shrimp but doesn't seem to match anything I've Googled. I do feed frozen brine shrimp from time to time. Is it possible these little guys are from frozen brine shrimp eggs? I don't think they are amphipods or copepods of some sort... But I could be wrong. Not hard to see at all so that's why I ruled out copepods.

04/24/2015, 08:14 AM	#2
homer1475 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 5,313	Hard to tell without a picture. __________________ 80G SCA Build: http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2560256 Originally posted by der_wille_zur_macht: "He's just taking his lunch to work"

04/24/2015, 11:28 AM	#5
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Mysid shrimp or amphipods would be my guess. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.