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mysis shrimp????????

post #1 of 8
6/19/11 at 6:18pm
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there seems to be mysis shrimp living in my overflow they resemble everything except the the size

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post #2 of 8
6/19/11 at 6:30pm

I have some that swim around in my refuge, I am sure I have em in the DT.

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post #3 of 8
6/19/11 at 6:43pm

they are probably amphipods

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post #4 of 8
6/20/11 at 8:21am

its probably mysid shrimp. not mysis, mysis are freshwater and two toally different species. I have had mysid shrimp living in my sumps before, probably came with some live rock. free food.

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post #5 of 8
6/20/11 at 8:39am


 

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ View Post

its probably mysid shrimp.

mysid.jpg
 

 



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Originally Posted by meowzer View Post

they are probably amphipods

amphipod.jpg

 

Either way, good stuff. I have so many large (~3/8") amphipods in my DT and fuge that I see almost daily amphipod molts swirling in the current. Ever since I had to exile my Sixline back to the store, they have exploded in population.
 

 

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post #6 of 8
6/20/11 at 8:50am
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ITS MYSID shrimp im planning to keep these things alive so i can feed my seahorses and fish

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post #7 of 8
6/20/11 at 9:19am

Munnid isopods look somewhat similar as well.  Non-swimmers, but great incidental fish food....

 

100reneecoles1.jpg

 

(image from Cranberry's excellent site, the Lionfish Lair, BTW.  Not mine.)

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post #8 of 8
6/20/11 at 3:16pm

Mysids are tuff to raise because they're VERY cannibalistic (adults nail the nauplii), but are a great food.

 

Nova,

 

FWIW, that's a female Munnid...the males have claws (I don't exactly remember what pix are on the site, but I'm sure Renee does).

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