Something spawned in my tank tonight

[Reefpilot11]

I just happened to flash a light in my tank before going to sleep and I noticed hundreds of tiny particles floating around. Upon lookin closer I could tell they were alive. The only pair of anything in my tank are clowns but they have been acting normal and not tending to any eggs. Could you guys help me out by looking at the video.

http://youtu.be/LldlzVFoxAc

 

[sandman12]

I dunno what they are or even how some one can identify something so small but that's pretty cool!

 

[snake1]

The video is so small on my phone but it looks like they have a tail and kinda move like a small fish (fry) but not sure no two cents here.....I have witnessed in my tank my red scarlet hermit crab lifting its shell and thousands of babies coming out even know my corals were having a free lunch I thought that was cool .....and I've seen my trouches snails all at one time in my tank some where releasing sperm and the others were releasing thousands of eggs ......its pretty cool to see this habitat in our homes grow daily... I have video of both I will try to find and share...

 

[Reefpilot11]

YouTube turned the video sideways for some reason, I'll see if I can fix it. They had black eyes and it looked like a striped tail.

 

[CHizer]

Some kind of crab would be my guess, but no idea really. Cool stuff though!

 

[Straight_Chaos]

Blue legged hermits? Mine seem to have a lot of larvae swimming around. Mine looks like a shrimp but isnt. That or my emeralds.

 

[Webmanny]

Looks like pods to me, but the video is kind of small. Therefore, I may be wrong.

 

[Reefpilot11]

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So this video may be easier to see any the picture too.
Edit: doesn't look like the video popped up.

 

[Reefpilot11]

Definitely crustacean like you guys have said.

 

[IrishTang]

Do crustaceans usually have tails upon spawning? I know most things do, even humans to a certain extent. I have this happen in my tank as well, I'll be sitting there, usually at night when all my fish start going crazy. I'll get up close and see little swimmers getting massacred. I always assumed it was from my 2 damsels ( Could be clowns but never saw the spawn behavior either). My wife is always mortified.

 

[Webmanny]

Yep. Look even more like pods to me now. This is good. My tank also does this at night and the fish and corals go crazy over it.

 

[jahel318]

Do you have any other paired fish in the tank?

 

[Reefpilot11]

Nope just the clowns. They don't really even act like a pair though.

 

[LiquidCache]

Mysis??

 

[Themonsterisme]

Look like mosquito larva lol