Mantis shrimp?

[adamyj59]

So I recently discovered a ton of these not so little guys in my live rock propagation tank. I've dug through a bunch of the hitchhiker ID pages haven’t seen anything quite like it yet. It’s borderline mantis shrimp looking and they do appear to be eating some of the bigger pods in my tank. Hoping these aren’t predators and I don’t need to eradicate due the quantities of these in the tank. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[takitaj]

That looks more like some kind of amphipod. I have no idea what kind but pretty certain that's not a mantis.

 

[adamyj59]

It absolutely does now that I looked an amphipod up. I definitely appreciate the nudge in the right direction!

 

[xxkenny90xx]

Yep, amphipod, your good to go!

 

[KJ]

So I recently discovered a ton of these not so little guys in my live rock propagation tank. I've dug through a bunch of the hitchhiker ID pages haven’t seen anything quite like it yet. It’s borderline mantis shrimp looking and they do appear to be eating some of the bigger pods in my tank. Hoping these aren’t predators and I don’t need to eradicate due the quantities of these in the tank. Any help would be appreciated.

Ammphipod Gammarid!