Id this a baby shrimp????

[JeremyKnight]

I noticed my bubble coral not opening up and some torn flesh on the bottom. I took it out and dipped it in coral rx. To my surprise about 20 of these little dudes came off of the coral. An image search doesn't show definitively. Any help??

 

[Crabs McJones]

Amphipods

 

[JeremyKnight]

Amphipods

I have amphipods in my tank, these dudes do not look like them. If I can get one under the scope I’ll compare them. I had two barred blood red shrimp about 3 months ago. These are the right size to be the larvae.

 

[Harpo]

Looks like a pistol shrimp to me

 

[JeremyKnight]

Looks like a pistol shrimp to me

I don't have any in my system...

 

[ISpeakForTheSeas]

Amphipods

I have amphipods in my tank, these dudes do not look like them. If I can get one under the scope I’ll compare them. I had two barred blood red shrimp about 3 months ago. These are the right size to be the larvae.

Agreed with amphipods, and I can tell you for sure they're not Blood Red Fire Shrimp larvae - there are a ton of different amphipod species, and it's entirely possible to have two that look completely different.

An easy way to tell these aren't shrimp (or a tanaid) is the claw (called a gnathopod) - these have a single hook rather than the two scissors-like claws or pincers found on shrimp. To differentiate them from other similar crustaceans like some isopods, you can tell both by the way the tail curls under the body and by the way the segmentation of the body looks; the segments are smooth and virtually seamless, while in similar isopods the segments are more pronounced with more exaggerated "seams" where the segments meet.

Anyway, these are definitely Amphipods of some variety.