Shrimp id?

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Karlos69

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I have a shrimp i think its about 1/2 inch long,clear outer body and dark inner. It has taken over a shell and seems to be moving sand out of it. Any ideas what it is?
 

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I really dont think its a amphipod i have lots of those but they are a half the size of this one unless this is the next stage of their life? It looks more like a mantis or grasshopper head and has its claws/arms coiled up like a praying mantis. Its out all hours of the day i checked skeleton shrimp deff not that.
 

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Heres a couple more pics
 

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You should hope not!, Mantis shrimp are horrible, they can be kept in a species only tank, but can and will kill anything else in your tank.
 
Yeah definitely try and catch them, maybe set up a small tank for them, see if you can raise them yourself!


I would definitely not leave them in your tank though
 
The more i read is the mantis baby should be green? It keeps tumbling back into that shell it comes out sometimes neat to watch it looks identicle to the last pick i posted but the pic doesnt say its a mantis it was on google pics.
 
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