ID (little shrimp?)

[petrasb]

I have noticed at night time when I use a flash light, I see very small things swarming around that look like baby shrimp. I lost my 2 cleaner shrimp 2 weeks ago and I thought it was them having babies, but there are still thousands of these little creatures.
They seem to hide in the sand & come out to swarm the light at night. Has anyone else seen this or know what they might be?

 

[tonester_man]

PODS, they are good for your tank

 

[jhutto]

Agree they are very good for the tanks. Fish eat them and its a good sign. As a tank ages you will see more and more. People have refugiums just to grow the PODs for the fish.

 

[petrasb]

I have a 75gal fuge and there are many small & big pods in it. These little things look just like a shrimp though. They even have a fan like tail and swim with a kicking motion. I wish I could get a pic, but they are just too small.

 

[xyzpdq0121]

Prob not pods... sounds more like Mysis shrimp... either way, good for your tank!

 

[showtime305]

I agree that they are probably mysis. I wish I had some.

 

[jessezm]

Yeah definitely Mysis. Every month or so I look at my tank at night at just the right moment and there is a HUGE swarm. They must all hatch at the same time.

 

[petrasb]

Yes, not every night, just onece every 2 weeks or so.
Maybe I can get a Mandern Blenny now! I have been up for 10 months now.

 

[xyzpdq0121]

ankur1113;60533 wrote: Anyone know where to get some live ones from(Mysis)

Ya, My tank!!! Seriously though, I am going to start to culture them if there seems to be enough of a demand!!!

 

[blind1993]

yea i think it would be good if u cultured them so that peoples seahorses can get some live food.

 

[stroid]

yeah i have tons of mysis in my tank...and tons of pods its great!

 

[blind1993]

i have some pods also they breed in my cheteo.

 

[ms_ k]

petrasb;60531 wrote: Yes, not every night, just onece every 2 weeks or so.
Maybe I can get a Mandern Blenny now! I have been up for 10 months now.

What size is your tank? Mandarins feed constantly and can wipe out a pod or mysis population very quickly if the tank is small or the pods don't have a safe place to breed, such as a refugium.

I keep a mandarin in my 125 (with 58 gallon fuge) and he's fat and happy, but when I had two in there, they were both very thin.

 

[petrasb]

I have cought them before and put them in my refug in the basement, during the "hatch time" I guess, all I have to do is turn my luner lights up and they swarm to the surface and I scoop them out with a cup.
I don't know anything about culturing them.
I would gladly trade something for them. There wouldn't be much notice though, becouse I never know when I can get them.
I live near the mall of ga.