Small copepods or shrimp?

Jayreef223 · 10/28/2017, 10:14 PM

Hey everybody,

So today after I got home from work my aquarium lights were off and one of my corals was covered by sand so i decided to blow the sand off of it, when I did this like 50 small red shrimp like bugs came out of the sand and I've been trying to identify what they are of copepods or baby shrimp...I have a cleaner shrimp and a regular red shrimp so I don't know if they reproduced or it's just copepods in the sand. Please help it's really bothering me lol

Jayreef223 · 10/28/2017, 10:21 PM

Here is a pic they are on the sandbed

Jayreef223 · 10/28/2017, 11:25 PM

A closer pic

Haunt · 10/29/2017, 12:04 AM

I can't really see what your talking about, but in most cases pods are a good part of the ecosystem... Kind of like Bees or Butterflies... It should be there in other words. GL.

Jon0807 · 10/29/2017, 12:56 AM

Most likely some sort of pod
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.php

cincyjim · 10/30/2017, 06:38 AM

Need a better (closer) pic to confirm but they do look like shrimp to me.

nereefpat · 10/30/2017, 07:29 AM

Copepods are typically the little white specks you can see on your glass.

These are more likely amphipods, if they're pods.

Smokey Stover · 10/30/2017, 07:38 AM

Hope they're shrimp. Some Isopods with big black eyes are bad.

Tripod1404 · 10/30/2017, 11:33 AM

They are mysid shrimp. A small shrimp-like (although taxonomically speaking not a shrimp) crustacean. If you check your tank after dark with a red flashlight, you can sometimes see thousands of them swimming in the water.

10/28/2017, 10:14 PM	#1
Jayreef223 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 9	Small copepods or shrimp? Hey everybody, So today after I got home from work my aquarium lights were off and one of my corals was covered by sand so i decided to blow the sand off of it, when I did this like 50 small red shrimp like bugs came out of the sand and I've been trying to identify what they are of copepods or baby shrimp...I have a cleaner shrimp and a regular red shrimp so I don't know if they reproduced or it's just copepods in the sand. Please help it's really bothering me lol

10/29/2017, 12:04 AM	#4
Haunt Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2017 Location: Stockton, CA Posts: 109	I can't really see what your talking about, but in most cases pods are a good part of the ecosystem... Kind of like Bees or Butterflies... It should be there in other words. GL. __________________ "Your off the edge of the map mate. Here there be monsters..."

10/29/2017, 12:56 AM	#5
Jon0807 Registered Member Join Date: May 2016 Location: SF Bay Area Posts: 293	Most likely some sort of pod http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-08/rs/index.php __________________ 40g breeder DT, 40g breeder sump

10/30/2017, 06:38 AM	#6
cincyjim Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,147	Need a better (closer) pic to confirm but they do look like shrimp to me. __________________ Jim Current Tank Info: SCA 150G, 5 inch sand bed, 2 Tunze 6095s, ReefBreeders v2+ 50" with 2 all Blue Reefbrites, and Continuous Water Change System

10/30/2017, 07:29 AM	#7
nereefpat Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Central Nebraska Posts: 3,190	Copepods are typically the little white specks you can see on your glass. These are more likely amphipods, if they're pods. __________________ Pat Current Tank Info: 125 in-wall , 40b sump. 6 bulb T5. ASM G2 skimmer. LPS and leathers

10/30/2017, 07:38 AM	#8
Smokey Stover Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Largo, Florida Posts: 361	Hope they're shrimp. Some Isopods with big black eyes are bad.

10/30/2017, 11:33 AM	#9
Tripod1404 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 1,821	They are mysid shrimp. A small shrimp-like (although taxonomically speaking not a shrimp) crustacean. If you check your tank after dark with a red flashlight, you can sometimes see thousands of them swimming in the water.