Amphipod or?

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Hello all just wondering if these are amphipods or something else and should I be considered? There are TONS floating around in my tank and I just saw them tonight after lights out. I don’t see them during the day at all and they’re all just floating about, not on the sand bed at all. They practically fill up my entire 45 gal AIO

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could also be fish fry, but less likely.
 
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They'll be yummy food for all sorts of things.
Good find, not a concern.
Cool! Hopefully this means my tank is maturing and becoming stable because it’s only 4 months old rn. Finally starting to see some pink coralline algae on some of my snails and frags
 

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