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[Reet15]

I've just today found some "swimmers" that look like a mini tadpole. They are too small to capture with my camera, but another description would be they look like "sperm". Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

 

[Reet15]

No one has any ideas?

 

[COreefer]

mysis shrimp??

Do you have cleaner shrimp or another shrimp that could be reproducing?

 

[Reet15]

Hmmm hadn't thought about that - we do have 2 fire shrimp. I'll watch them for a little bit and see what happens. Thanks!

 

[pouponfrance]

amphipod?

 

[calvin415]

Sounds like a shrimp fry to me...

And no, that's not like a clam bake.

 

[Reet15]

No, not an amphipod - I think the shrimp fry is probably right - I never gave that a thought though. They're hiding out under one of the brains and are pretty safe - so we'll see what develops.

 

[bigsittingrock]

When I bought a cool rock with all these holes awhile ago from an established tank I thought one of the fish in her tank laid eggs but it turned out to be brine shrimp. They never did get any bigger and when I look in the holes I can still see them a year later now. And when I check the tank out after hours they're all over the place.

 

[Darknes]

My guess is mysis shrimp. I have lots of them swimming around.

 

[Freshbrew]

I have the same thing, but I'm not sure if it's mysis shrimp or from my peppermint shrimp, as they were pregnant when I bought them, or so said the shop keeper when I bought them. I'm sure he knew what he was talking about, but with my knowledge, he could have told me they were carrying missle launchers and I wouldn't have known the diff, lol. by the way GOOOOO BIG RED, just thought I would lighten everyones day!

 

[aquaman2000]

Mysis spp. would be my guess as well. They are often abundant in reef aquariums and refugiums. It is very unlikely how ever that they are fire shrimp.

 

[normanviking]

CLICK HERE FOR PICS

Here are some more cool pics and vids of pods and other stuff.

I know this guy has some weird music for his videos, but they are cool.

 

[Reet15]

Thanks for all the responses, and thanks for the links Dan! Unfortunately, I didn't find anything there that remotely resembled whats swimming around in my tank. LOL I'll keep looking and post if I find anything.