What are these??

[Nick Steele]

Okay so feed my corals tonight so all pumps were off while I feed and I see these tiny things all over my algae/cyano in the tank. Decided to take some out and scope them now I’m confused!

I was sure I had copepods but these don’t look like any copepods I know about can someone help.

 

[ying yang]

Orthropods possibly .
Seed shrimp ?

Just a guess

Edit: off course even been told over a 100 times correct spelling, always seem to spell wrongly,here correct spelling in screenshot ha ha

 

[Nick Steele]

Orthropods possibly .
Seed shrimp ?

Just a guess

Okay I swear I don’t know how you people do it everytime!

Looks exactly like a seed shrimp but from my very quick search it looks like it’s mostly freshwater.

 

[Nick Steele]

Any clue if they cause issues in marine tanks?

 

[ying yang]

Okay I swear I don’t know how you people do it everytime!

Looks exactly like a seed shrimp but from my very quick search it looks like it’s mostly freshwater.

Edited above post with correct spelling ^_^ they can be found in most waters and if first pic I shared above is true at over 70k species then doesnt surprise me ha ha

 

[ying yang]

Any clue if they cause issues in marine tanks?

With so many species,it would be hard to know which kind we have in our tanks,I know I've gkt 3 seperate kinds in my tank that can see when zoom in on my phone and they usually in sand or rocks,which is often big clue off what they eat or main diet at least,as on or around coral then bad usually but not always as coral could be dying and they just cleaning up,on a fish = bad,in sand and rocks often points to good guys.
What I go by anyway.
So imo if cant see no negative impact from them ,then class as good guys ^_^