thing in my filter

[yzfr6]

found this little shrimp thing in my filter. It was about 3/4 of a inch long, had alot of legs on one side and was really quick until I plucked him out with some tweezers. Just doing routine cleaning and saw him swimming around in my fluval 404...any ideas what it is..tried a pic but he was so small it came up kinda blurry when I blew it up...sorry

 

[yzfr6]

is this the most common bristle worm encountered by hobbyists, I thought it was a bristle worm but it seemed more shrimp like..

 

[alti]

its just a copepod. good for your tank. you'll probably see more and more of them as your tank matures.

 

[wrassecal]

Amphipod or copepod. When we change filters we pick out like 50 of them and throw them back in the tank, they are good Here is a link for info on them pods about halfway down the page click on ..."other crustaceans..."

 

[yzfr6]

darn, I tbink I killed the only one in my tank that Ive seen. I thought these little pinpoint size things crawling on the glass and botton were pods.