Percula Clownfish larvae?

Zoner

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This may sound like a stupid question, but I need some help...

What do percula clowfish larvae look like? The eggs hatched, and I siphoned out about 10 things that had a very orange body, and pretty large - close to 6mm. But I siphoned a bunch (like 60) of things that weren't very orange -some look almost clear with black eyes, some have a faint orange in their bodies. And these ones are a 2-3mm at the most. Now these small ones all look like they're swimming backwards, while the orange ones were moving forward.

I'm down to one of the orange guys, but I still have a ton of the small ones. Can any of you enlighten me?
 
couldn't get a good picture with my camera...they just look like little specs with one big spec.
 
Just hatched clownfish larvae are transparent with dark eyes. They would also have a very small internal yolk sac. They wouldn't be swimming backwards though. Do you have any shrimp in your tank that may have released their larvae?
 
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