Help id please

jmsilhy · 01/19/2021, 10:37 AM

My elegance started receding a couple of weeks back. Upon reading a lot on the subject, I tried helping it with a coral dip and reduced flow to no avail. The edges of the coral that connect to the “horn” started separating. I was going to try fresh water dips but when I got it out it smelled very bad, like a dead snail would. So I decided to let it go.

The question is, both times I got it out I saw a little “pod” running away from it, as I was picking it up. The second time I was ready and caught it in a turkey baster, and I’m wondering if this critter may have been the cause of my dead elegance, or if it was only feeding on dead tissue helping the tank.

I hope the pics give you a good idea, it looks like a very tiny shrimp, and not a pod.

Thanks in advance!

Rlyman1 · 01/19/2021, 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by jmsilhy

My elegance started receding a couple of weeks back. Upon reading a lot on the subject, I tried helping it with a coral dip and reduced flow to no avail. The edges of the coral that connect to the “horn” started separating. I was going to try fresh water dips but when I got it out it smelled very bad, like a dead snail would. So I decided to let it go.

The question is, both times I got it out I saw a little “pod” running away from it, as I was picking it up. The second time I was ready and caught it in a turkey baster, and I’m wondering if this critter may have been the cause of my dead elegance, or if it was only feeding on dead tissue helping the tank.

I hope the pics give you a good idea, it looks like a very tiny shrimp, and not a pod.

Thanks in advance!

Looks like an amphipod to me

Anemone · 01/19/2021, 12:53 PM

Grammarus amphipod. A good thing.

Kevin

Sugar Magnolia · 01/19/2021, 02:07 PM

Yep, beneficial little critters.

jmsilhy · 01/19/2021, 07:35 PM

Thanks, at first I thought the same but since he shot out of the elegance as I was picking it up, I thought it could be something else. I returned it to the sump so all good, thanks guys.

01/19/2021, 10:37 AM	#1
jmsilhy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 157	Help id please My elegance started receding a couple of weeks back. Upon reading a lot on the subject, I tried helping it with a coral dip and reduced flow to no avail. The edges of the coral that connect to the “horn” started separating. I was going to try fresh water dips but when I got it out it smelled very bad, like a dead snail would. So I decided to let it go. The question is, both times I got it out I saw a little “pod” running away from it, as I was picking it up. The second time I was ready and caught it in a turkey baster, and I’m wondering if this critter may have been the cause of my dead elegance, or if it was only feeding on dead tissue helping the tank. I hope the pics give you a good idea, it looks like a very tiny shrimp, and not a pod. Thanks in advance!

01/19/2021, 12:53 PM	#3
Anemone Cloning Around Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Valencia, California Posts: 25,267	Grammarus amphipod. A good thing. 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

01/19/2021, 02:07 PM	#4
Sugar Magnolia Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Northern VA Posts: 17,691	Yep, beneficial little critters. __________________ Adrienne The only thing to fear is fear itself....and spiders.

01/19/2021, 07:35 PM	#5
jmsilhy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: McKinney, Texas Posts: 157	Thanks, at first I thought the same but since he shot out of the elegance as I was picking it up, I thought it could be something else. I returned it to the sump so all good, thanks guys.