Help with identification

[Stuart Griffith]

Can anyone help with identifying these. We have only one type of each shrimp - cleaner, peppermint and fire. We have hermit crabs and two emerald crabs.

We haven’t introduced anything for a while but spotted these in the rocks today.

Any help on identification would be amazing.

 

[cCRAWLINS]

I can't tell what I'm looking at, anyway to get a close up?

 

[vetteguy53081]

I see what looks like a dying hammer coral and some coraline and possible cyano in the tank

 

[Stuart Griffith]

It’s not coral is the media that comes in the biorb tank. It’s the clear/white animal to the middle, bottom of the tank. I will try and get a better picture but they are quick

 

[C. Eymann]

Definitely need a better pic but it looks like this pic was taken really zoomed in?

I can kinda see the outline of an amphipod type of critter?

 

[Stuart Griffith]

Does this help any further. I have never ever noticed them before

 

[cCRAWLINS]

Looks like an amphipod in the first pic

 

[cCRAWLINS]

I have a ton of them I have a firefish that loves to eat em

 

[TheShrimpNibbler]

It is definitely an amphipod. I also have a ton of them that started eating my corals and my copepods. Your shrimp will be in for a tasty snack tho

 

[vetteguy53081]

Amphipod yes and considered free food for fish and coral

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

I agree, gammarid amphipod. Good guy

 

[Stuart Griffith]

Thanks so much for your help everyone

I don’t know where they have come from.

Guessing this is no problem for the tank and will be eaten by other things?

 

[Lovemyreef2015]

They are good to have scavengers or they will be free fish food.