What is this critter?

bgi · 09-06-2004, 10:42 AM

We saw his molt floating around for the last day or two. This morning, it came zipping to the front of the tank at warp 6 to hide under this snail.

ID please?

I bagged him this morning. He's in QT until I know he's NOT A MANTIS! LOL! He may make a nice sixline wrasse snack.

ObsessiveProgression · 09-06-2004, 10:53 AM

Looks like a freaky-big flea to me

bgi · 09-06-2004, 10:55 AM

So true! Doesn't look anything like a Mantis, methinks.

cyberchef · 09-06-2004, 11:30 AM

Grammaris shrimp

bgi · 09-06-2004, 11:49 AM

Cool. I'll toss him in my refug. Thanks.

sanblas · 09-06-2004, 01:41 PM

thats an amphipod isnt it?

jesspaul · 09-06-2004, 03:06 PM

If you got one ya gots hundreds. They like to live in filter floss and come out in hordes at night. Just think of them as farm animals for your fish. the shrimp eat algae and crud and the fish eat the slow ones.

DAN THE MAN · 09-06-2004, 06:35 PM

Sanblas,

Yes, Gammarus Shrimp are amphipods.

tims · 09-07-2004, 10:56 AM

yup a great extra to a tank!

bgi · 09-07-2004, 11:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jesspaul

the shrimp eat algae and crud and the fish eat the slow ones.

That explains it. This one (a survivor) was moving at warp 6 from the back of the tank up to the front.

thanks guys. he's in the refug now, hopefully with many thousands more to come.

tims · 09-07-2004, 12:13 PM

wait till you see a bunch of them in one area and looking for food, they are neat to watch....