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blueshroom55
11/11/2009, 02:42 PM
I moved a piece of live rock into a barebottom tank and started seeing small whitish mantis-looking shrimp on the bottom. I pulled the rock out and found about 20 shrimp up to 1/2 inch long. Now I see them in the sump of my other tank. Any ideas what they are?
Bongo Shrimp
11/11/2009, 02:46 PM
Probably an amphipod. Does it look like this? I took this under a digital microscope.
http://i635.photobucket.com/albums/uu79/SXM50/Picture3.jpg
Thurge
11/11/2009, 03:11 PM
Copopod or Amphipod. Totally normal and harmless.
blueshroom55
11/11/2009, 03:56 PM
Thanks to both of you. No more worries
blueshroom55
11/11/2009, 04:00 PM
They look just like the pict bongo posted. Now they're dottyback food.
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