Mantis shrimp pics??

[fighting0]

Anybody have any pictures of mantis shrimp when they are really really small/young? I'm afraid I have about 3-4 tiny ones running around my tank right now (they are no more than a 1/2 inch big, and all white)... just need to verify...
TIA!
-Scott

 

[phoenixofthepyre]

all white? they are probably just little copepods. mantis shrimp usually make burrows, or have a little home inside rocks and cover up their homes at night. you'll usually see them scavenging around at about 5-7 ish. If you could provide a picture itd be alot easier to detemine. but here is an AWESOME site for more of the common seen stomatopods(mantis shrimp).
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/arthrop...raca/royslist/

 

[fishieness]

sounds like an amphiopod to me

 

[fighting0]

Thanks for the responses... I'm still kinda worried about it... it's almost like there's and infestation of them... lol.. I'll try to take some good pictures tonight and I'll post them.

 

[clown boy]

Anything like this?

 

[fighting0]

Originally Posted by Clown Boy
Anything like this?
Kind of hard to tell, but it reminds me of them....

 

[blizz75]

if they are pods there is nothing to worry about, many fish eat them, and thats prob. what they are

 

[clown boy]

Originally Posted by fighting0
Kind of hard to tell, but it reminds me of them....
The one that I showed is curled up, but usually they are uncurled and running all over the place. I am almost positive that they are what you have. They are very common.

 

[crox]

Try to catch them all and send them to me. My mandarin will love you.

 

[whitemike]

What do mantis hitch hike on?

 

[fighting0]

Originally Posted by WhiteMike
What do mantis hitch hike on?
They can hitch-hike in live rock. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it's all good in the hood.
Still have to post a pic, but every time I go to the tank to take a pic or two, they're nowhere to be found.. lol
Driving me batty. :hilarious
Originally Posted by Crox
Try to catch them all and send them to me. My mandarin will love you.
lol...

 

[crox]

Originally Posted by WhiteMike
What do mantis hitch hike on?
Live rock.

 

[fighting0]

hmmmm... before i could even get a picture posted out here of what they look like, they've dissappeared!!!! that makes me think they were just some sort of pod...
if they pop up again, i'll try to get some pics!!!
thanks for all of the responses!!
-Scott

 

[clown boy]

No problem.