Mantis Shrimp or Mysis Shrimp

[MONTANTK]

I’ve seen quite a few molts from this guy in my old tank. Found him by chance when I was transferring fish over so I decided to throw it in the new tank. Can’t tell if it’s a super tiny zebra mantis or just a pretty large mysis shrimp.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Prob a copepod
Hard to tell from the pic
D

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looks like one very big Amphipod

 

[MONTANTK]

Prob a copepod
Hard to tell from the pic
D

Ah I hadn’t though of that! The molt kind of looks like a tiny mantis shrimp when I see it but I’m not exactly an expert of copepod/shrimp anatomy. I only suspected mantis shrimp because of how long it has avoided being eaten

 

[MONTANTK]

Looks like one very big Amphipod

Definitely one of the biggest I have seen! Surprised it hasn’t gotten eaten

 

[NashobaTek]

+1 on very big amphipod. I have some big ones but that one is bigger

 

[dhnguyen]

Yup a big amphipod. I have hundreds of them in my tank crawling all over the rocks and sandbed. The mandarins are hardly making a dent. Then again those mandarins are kinda dumb as I sometimes see pods crawling practically in front of their faces and they won't see them.

 

[ScottR]

Amphipod and looks like a normal size.