Something just spawned in my tank.

[fishrambo]

Looks to be shrimp anybody have an ideal. They are swimming everywhere.

 

[Lowstorm]

Well, list of tank inhabitants would help...

 

[meir]

Most probably hermit crab larvae

 

[fishrambo]

Clownfish, hermits, nassuras snail, and may have lost a coral banded shrimp it as disappeared, pin cushion urcin and few other corals. I just put AI Prime light on lastweek and have my light cycle constant now I have read that it encourages spawning. But I have also seen a bristle worm in thier that I try to catch but never can and have also seen some other type of worms that are clear with like a black line or guts lol.

 

[fishrambo]

The fish n coral have no interest in them they swim like a small worm but fast like a shrimp.

 

[saltyhog]

How do they swim? Do the wiggle? Do they swim like a fish?

Some thoughts would be epitokes or maybe mysid shrimp.

 

[saltyhog]

The fish n coral have no interest in them they swim like a small worm but fast like a shrimp.

Shine a flash light and see if they're attracted to it.

Look at this video and fast forward to 3:00 and see if that looks like them?

 

[fishrambo]

Yes they are attracted to the light probably not that intense of action tho they kinda look like working I have video but cannot post it.

 

[fishrambo]

They wiggle sorry for typo

 

[JMLewis]

Mysid shrimp.

 

[saltyhog]

Sounds like epitokes, they are part of polychaete worms reproductive cycle.

 

[fishrambo]

 

[fishrambo]

Thier is videos

 

[fishrambo]

This also happened today I am hoping it was just the molt but I'm not so sure it wasn't buy the way that the snail attacked it. It has been a wild day at the reef smh.

 

[fishrambo]

He had been sitting thier for awhile so I put camera on him and went on with my day hoping I was catch some molting footage and came back to this.

 

[radiata]

What was that snail sold to you as?

 

[fishrambo]

I don't remember but he is a big fella and stays in the sand until feeding time he is like the hulk version of a nassuaris snail.

 

[saltyhog]

Sounds like a whelk....I would remove it if that's what he is. They are predatory.

 

[fishrambo]

 

[fishrambo]

Do you think it is a welk