Weird Crawler Ive never seen before

[rusya_reef]

Was scraping my glass when It let go off the magnet and i see some red pink color on it, took a closer look and see some centipede looking crawlers in between the crevace of magnet and glass. Any IDs on the creature? Friend or Foe? Thank you

 

[CaptainScuba]

Looks like Amphipods to me! Free fish food and a great member of your clean up crew

 

[commod0re]

looks like amphipods

 

[Michael Hughes]

These look like amphipods. I've had some with a similar look come in on some Gracilaria I collected from the beach in Florida.

 

[saltwaterfish.com Verified Sponsor]

Definitely looks like an amphipod species. They are good at cleaning leftover food, and a great food source for reef fish. If you shine a flashlight in your tank at night you can usually see them crawling along the sand and rocks.