Ever since i first set up my sw tank a few months ago, there have been little white things that look like tiny shrimp. im pretty sure they came with my live rock. they have gotten bigger now and started to turn a darker color and every once in a while i see a dead one floating around. they only come out when the lights go out and now there are probably 50 out in the open on my sand. ive never worried about them before, but ive been reading a lot about pest hitchhiker shrimp. does anyone know what these could be and if i should be worried about them?
tiny shrimp everywhere
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The Matt
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If I am talking abou the right thing they are a type of pod'. Fish will eat them and they keep the gravel clean.
Matt
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mle421
Aquarium Advice Freak
they're very good for your system. do they look like bugs? or potato bugs? if so they're pods and are beneficial.
mle421
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no problem! 
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steve-s
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Sounds like mysid shrimp. Also a very common and beneficial hitchiker.
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Steve
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Steve
RMPD109
Aquarium Advice FINatic
see if this link helps any http://www.mysidshrimp.com/
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steve-s
Guest
The link above will help with the mysid. There is a pic of an amphipod (Looks like a molt actually) in a sticky post at the beginning of this forum. A copepod looks much like lice.
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Steve
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