let me start by saying i have hundreds of iso/amphi/copepods in my aquarium and these are very different. i also have a very large pop. of mysis shrimp. (free swimming)
the critters in question are crawling, not swimming. they dont role and flip like an amphipod and thier much slower.
they stick out amounst the other critters on my glass. they also have alot more color. its hard to tell in the pic's, but they have 2 pistol shrimp shaped claws (round in shape with a very stubby claw) they also have the swim fins on the underside of the body much like a shrimp or lobster (although i havent seen them swim)
if disturbed, the claws come out! snapping open and closed.
i'm sorry the pic's are better, but i have to hold a magnifing glass while taking a pic's with my camera zoomed in full. its very difficult at best
in the first pics it has the posture of a mantis.
when i first saw these guys, i thought the back was the head and vice versa. it the next pic the critter is facing the left of the page
couple isopods in the shot for comparison
i have a recently added a lobster. i have a mantis thats been with me for 4 months (the only one i know off - hitchhiker) and pistol shrimp(not sure how many) the pistols are 1-1.5". brown/white claws black/grey stripes on the body.
so what do you think? pistol ?mantis? lobster fry?
or something else?
the critters in question are crawling, not swimming. they dont role and flip like an amphipod and thier much slower.
they stick out amounst the other critters on my glass. they also have alot more color. its hard to tell in the pic's, but they have 2 pistol shrimp shaped claws (round in shape with a very stubby claw) they also have the swim fins on the underside of the body much like a shrimp or lobster (although i havent seen them swim)
if disturbed, the claws come out! snapping open and closed.
i'm sorry the pic's are better, but i have to hold a magnifing glass while taking a pic's with my camera zoomed in full. its very difficult at best
in the first pics it has the posture of a mantis.
when i first saw these guys, i thought the back was the head and vice versa. it the next pic the critter is facing the left of the page
couple isopods in the shot for comparison
i have a recently added a lobster. i have a mantis thats been with me for 4 months (the only one i know off - hitchhiker) and pistol shrimp(not sure how many) the pistols are 1-1.5". brown/white claws black/grey stripes on the body.
so what do you think? pistol ?mantis? lobster fry?
or something else?
