Interesting Larvae in Reef Tank

[MWinchell13]

Does anyone have any idea what this is? It's about 1mm in length and is really attracted to the light at night time. My thoughts were either mysid larvae or hermit crab larvae.

 

[DaneGer21]

Not sure but definitely creepy! Haha

 

[MWinchell13]

Not sure but definitely creepy! Haha

My girlfriend thought so too!

 

[ichthyogeek]

I'm thinking mysid shrimp.

 

[MWinchell13]

I'm thinking mysid shrimp.

I thought that as well, but the swimming pattern is really different

 

[ichthyogeek]

What's the swimming pattern like then?

 

[MWinchell13]

What's the swimming pattern like then?

More of a rapid darting than swimming, also I didn't notice swimmerets.

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Haha! Looks awesome! I kind of want to put that 2nd pic as my avatar. @Crabs McJones is a good guy for helping with hitchhikers.

 

[Crabs McJones]

Some sort of shrimp larvae, not sure on species.

 

[MWinchell13]

Haha! Looks awesome! I kind of want to put that 2nd pic as my avatar. @Crabs McJones is a good guy for helping with hitchhikers.

You’re welcome to! If I catch another one of the buggers I can take a better photo!

 

[MWinchell13]

Some sort of shrimp larvae, not sure on species.

Originally I thought maybe brine, but not like any brine I’ve seen. Also thought it might be mysis, but the tail section looks strange. I’ve never seen peppermint shrimp larvae, but I do have two in the tank.

 

[Suesea]

Some sort of shrimp larvae, not sure on species.

Do you think it could be a mantis?