Green Stick Shrimp?

andarre · Mar 31, 2021

Ok, here's a good one for you guys:

As you can see there's multiples of them. They don't really swim well and are more apt to just walk around. Got them in a bag of amphipods from a seller here in Florida. what the heck ARE THEY?!?

mtfish · Mar 31, 2021

They are both isopods. The "stick" ones are munid isopods. Wild guess on the other is some type of Sphaeromatid isopod. Neither should be a problem and can be part of your CUC.

andarre · Mar 31, 2021

mtfish said:
They are both isopods. The "stick" ones are munid isopods. Wild guess on the other is some type of Sphaeromatid isopod. Neither should be a problem and can be part of your CUC.

Yeah, the pill bugs I'm not worried about, it's the stick like isopods that concern me. They "may" be munnids but to be fair, the munnids I have in my tank are MUCH smaller than these and they've been in there for a while, especially in the sump. The guys move nothing like those and don't have the same physiology as the ones in my tank and sump...

mtfish · Mar 31, 2021

How big are the "stick" ones? I can do some more checking. These are from Florida waters, correct?

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Mar 31, 2021

Foxy fish sells leaf shrimp i think it is.
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andarre · Mar 31, 2021

mtfish said:
How big are the "stick" ones? I can do some more checking. These are from Florida waters, correct?

They're about 6 to 8mm long? More or less...

monkeyCmonkeyDo said:
Foxy fish sells leaf shrimp i think it is.
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Yeah, unfortunately el goog doesn't show anything but amanos and neocaridina when I searched for leaf shrimp

mtfish · Mar 31, 2021

Try looking at Chondrochelia savignyi .

andarre · Mar 31, 2021

mtfish said:
Try looking at Chondrochelia savignyi .

Ooohhhh.... Very close! Mine are missing the huge claws though and the pics I saw don't show them with the long antenna that mine have. May be in the ballpark though!

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Mar 31, 2021

Sorry. My bad. This is what i was talking about.
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Arrow Shrimp

Premium saltwater fish and invertebrates hand caught from the ocean floor to your door.

www.mysaltwaterfishstore.com

andarre · Mar 31, 2021

monkeyCmonkeyDo said:
Sorry. My bad. This is what i was talking about.
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Arrow Shrimp

Premium saltwater fish and invertebrates hand caught from the ocean floor to your door.

www.mysaltwaterfishstore.com

WHAT THE HECK?!? THATS FREAKING COOL!

Not what I have though unfortunately

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Mar 31, 2021

Dang. Lol. I tried. Right? Would need a species only tank. Long grass flordia tank.
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andarre · Mar 31, 2021

monkeyCmonkeyDo said:
Dang. Lol. I tried. Right? Would need a species only tank. Long grass flordia tank.
D

I think that's my next project. Would be awesome. Throw some Pygmy seahorses in there as well!

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Apr 1, 2021

Cpl pipe fish. Uh! Fire.
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andarre · Apr 1, 2021

Bump for the morning crowd

taricha · Apr 1, 2021

check out Some similar isopod (pics)

andarre · Apr 1, 2021

taricha said:
check out Some similar isopod (pics)

You're a genius! I found it from your link!: https://www.centralcoastbiodiversity.org/eelgrass-isopod-bull-idotea-resecata.html

Eel grass (seagrass) Isopod. Unfortunately it'll probably die in my system but good to know it's a good guy or neutral at the worst.

Thank you @taricha !!