What are these bugs in my tank...Friend or Foe or Enemy pests

tiflyche · 08/27/2018, 08:12 PM

I am new to reefing and have tried to identify every hitchhiker in my tank.

I know I have copeopods that have bloomed, but I just noticed these little guys last night. I used to have 2 pepermint shrimp in the tank but I just recently removed them. Could one of these be a fry???

I see 3 to 4 differnt inverts in the image. All are less than 1cm in length. They moved in the rockwork tunnels without swimming.

Anemone · 08/27/2018, 09:05 PM

Hard to tell from the pictures, but possibly Gammarus amphipods.

Kevin

Sugar Magnolia · 08/28/2018, 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Anemone

Hard to tell from the pictures, but possibly Gammarus amphipods.

Kevin

Yep.

tiflyche · 08/28/2018, 05:49 AM

Thanks for the ID. I was not sure what these were since they were all different colors, not just a variety of one color. I was really afraid I would have an outbreak of peppermint/camel shrimp running a muck in my tank

mcgyvr · 08/28/2018, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by tiflyche

Thanks for the ID. I was not sure what these were since they were all different colors, not just a variety of one color. I was really afraid I would have an outbreak of peppermint/camel shrimp running a muck in my tank

FYI... Bookmark/use this site in the future..
https://www.lionfishlair.com/hitchhikers-guide/
It has most of the common stuff in it..

tiflyche · 08/28/2018, 09:00 AM

Thanks @mcgyvr for your site link. I have been scrolling through the site. This will be a help to anyone, new or old, in the hobby.

08/27/2018, 09:05 PM	#2
Anemone Cloning Around Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Valencia, California Posts: 25,267	Hard to tell from the pictures, but possibly Gammarus amphipods. Kevin __________________ Back in the pool, swimming with the sharks... Current Tank Info: Red Sea 425XL w/Kessil AP700, Vertex 180i Skimmer, 2 x Vortech MP40s

08/28/2018, 05:49 AM	#4
tiflyche Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 13	Thanks for the ID. I was not sure what these were since they were all different colors, not just a variety of one color. I was really afraid I would have an outbreak of peppermint/camel shrimp running a muck in my tank

08/28/2018, 09:00 AM	#6
tiflyche Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 13	Thanks @mcgyvr for your site link. I have been scrolling through the site. This will be a help to anyone, new or old, in the hobby.