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06-29-2007, 03:38 PM
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Shrimp Critter ID???
I saw this being blown around in the water column at first. Then it got sucked up against a powerhead where I managed to fish it out with a net.
It looks like some kind of shrimp. It's very pale, almost white. Approx. 3/4" to 1" long. I could not see large pinchers only very tiny ones.
Any ideas anyone??
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06-29-2007, 03:45 PM
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Kill it
It is an isopod
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06-29-2007, 03:56 PM
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Sorry, JY, it's definitely not an isopod. I'm really surprised to see it in a tank as it's a thalanassid shrimp. There are the mud-shrimp or ghost-shrimp normally found on mud and sand flats. They eat detritus, seaweeds, and small inverts.
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06-29-2007, 03:58 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LeslieH
Sorry, JY, it's definitely not an isopod. I'm really surprised to see it in a tank as it's a thalanassid shrimp. There are the mud-shrimp or ghost-shrimp normally found on mud and sand flats. They eat detritus, seaweeds, and small inverts.
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Darn! I have been off my game! Guess I better hit the books
Do you think she already killed it?
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06-29-2007, 03:59 PM
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It looks kinda like she killed it anyway 
murderer
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06-29-2007, 04:05 PM
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Country Living
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I looked at alot of isopod pictures and it didn't represent any of them. Definitely looks more like a shrimp.
I dumped it in the fuge part of the sump on another tank where I'd be able to dig it out again if bad (if it even survived).
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06-29-2007, 04:09 PM
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Originally Posted by LeslieH
Sorry, JY, it's definitely not an isopod. I'm really surprised to see it in a tank as it's a thalanassid shrimp. There are the mud-shrimp or ghost-shrimp normally found on mud and sand flats. They eat detritus, seaweeds, and small inverts.
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Thanks Leslie.
It might have somehow come in on a coral I added yesterday (even though I looked it over and didn't see anything). At least that's the only explanation I have for never seeing it before. I know the LFS sometimes feeds some of their livestock ghost shrimp. Maybe it was a survivor hiding out. LOL
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06-29-2007, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Fly Guy
It looks kinda like she killed it anyway
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I think when it got sucked up against the powerhead it got injured.
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