Help!! ID these please!

[D_Hernandez]

Hello everyone I noticed these critters in my sump today. They kind of look like a root but they are squirming all over the place I started to pick the out with a syringe since I don't know if they are safe.

 

[AcroNem]

They look kind of like hydra, or something close. Don't know about the squirming part though.

 

[D_Hernandez]

They look kind of like hydra, or something close. Don't know about the squirming part though.

Thanks looking up your response on you tube now.

 

[D_Hernandez]

Nothing are they reef safe?

 

[AcroNem]

I'm not 100% that they're hydras. But I'd assume they'll only bother small inverts or little fish. Unless you have a ton of them in your main tank.

 

[D_Hernandez]

I'm not 100% that they're hydras. But I'd assume they'll only bother small inverts or little fish. Unless you have a ton of them in your main tank.

Will keep an eye out on tank just worried since it's the first time I even see anything like these.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Wow. Never seen those out side documentaries


#reefsquad. @Tahoe61 @Wiz

 

[Katrina71]

Can you zoom in on a single creature? Post a pic please. They look interesting.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Caprella acanthifera

Or skeleton shrimp.

 

[D_Hernandez]

They move a lot when I first put them in the cup

 

[D_Hernandez]

Zoomed in

 

[D_Hernandez]

Caprella acanthifera

Or skeleton shrimp.

Found this on you tube and they are them Alright !! Now what I'm wondering is are they reef safe!

 

[D_Hernandez]

Found this on you tube and they are them Alright !! Now what I'm wondering is are they reef safe!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Not sure. The should be Esp if they are tiny. They more than likey will eat anything a shrimp will eat. Detritus etc but they are all opportunists and I don't think a usual coral eater. I've had shrimp eat some of my friends before too.

I'd almost bet they are in your dt right now.
And I bet theyre tasty.

 

[Katrina71]

That is one we don't have in our tank yet.

 

[JaimeAdams]

where is @Lionfish Lair when you need her.

 

[AcroNem]

Well that's really cool, that up close pic does look like a shrimp. I was way off this time.

 

[KJ]

Now what I'm wondering is are they reef safe!

Omnivore – feeding on diatoms, detritus, protozoans, smaller amphipods.

 

[D_Hernandez]

Thanks everyone for your help

 

[Wiz]

Yup definitely skeleton shrimp. I particularly try to order these from floridapets when they have them. They are a type of pod and are predatory on other pods. But really cool and do not eat enough pods to hurt your population. However in the wild they can become ridiculously prolific. I did not have that trouble in my fuge