What is it? A mini shrimp?

[jla9508]

Yesterday i removed the gravel from my tank and replaced it with sand. It was play sand from Lowes so I know this didn't come from the sand. I noticed it running/swimming across the back of the tank last night. It resembles a shrimp, about 5mm long, white body with a transparent tail that curls under its body when it stops. Anyone know what this thing is??

 

[underthesea]

it was probably a copapod or just a small type of shrimp that came from your lr.

 

[hondo]

amphipod or some type of gammouras/mysid shrimp. Great food for your fish.

 

[lionpicasso]

Yep it probably was a copepod, I use to have gobs of them in my tank. They were transparent
and looked like shrimp.

 

[jla9508]

Do any of you know a web site that has pictures of these things?

 

[karlas]

is this it? if so its a copod a good thing for the tank they eat detrius and make good food for fish. also when they reproduce it makes food for filter feeders
<a href="http://www.saltreef.com/images/galleries/pods/copepod1.jpg" target="_blank">pod</a>

 

[jla9508]

That is what it was, I did say was. I was sucked up into my skimmer the other night and I haven't seen it since.

 

[karlas]

if you found one you probably have more they multiply pretty fast. tak a light and look at it at night with a red cover chances are you will see more