clear little shrimp running around?

[sandman111]

I have a colony of zoa's and i noticed in them a few tinty, real tiny shrimp running around all crazy. Are they mysis?

 

[seapug]

True "Mysis" are freshwater shrimp. The ones in our tanks are different, but closely related so they are called "Mysid" shrimp (meaning "mysis like").

 

[cloak]

Probably amphipods. Do they look anything like the ones in this link?

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rs/index.php

 

[sandman111]

they are so small it hurts my eyes to look so hard..lol i thought they looked more like a tiny cleaner shrimp...they have a tail.

 

[cloak]

What about the ones in this link? I don't remember mysid shrimp running around my zoas so much. They seemed to be swimming if anything else.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-02/rs/index.php

 

[robs.mark]

I agree with cloak, probably amphipods, a good sign that your tank maturing an an excuse to get a mandarin!

 

[sandman111]

I would say it looks like the mysid! thanks for the info!