Baby Shrimp ID

davidpesce

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I've been rearranging tanks lately and have let my 46g fuge really get overgrown with caulerpa and chaeto. I planned on replacing the 46g acrylic fuge with a 40b, but noticed a bunch of small shrimp inside it.

They're about 1cm in length. Look just like a cleaner or peppermint (both present in my system). They are still very clear in color and don't seem to have distinguishing characteristics other than looking like a miniature shrimp. Unfortunately I can't get a decent pic of them.

I've seen the spawn from the cleaner shrimp and have tried to keep them alive, but have never been successful.

Any idea what kind of shrimp these could be? I'm hoping to get a few possible names and then compare them with images online to see if it's worth holding off on swapping the fuge.
 
I think I've narrowed it down (based on pictures) to a peppermint or mysis shrimp. Could eggs have gotten frozen in with the frozen msysis and this is the result?
 
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