New mystery critters

[Theulli]

So fun part of leaving my tank fallow is that there seems to have been a lot of critters the fish were keeping down that are now coming out of the woodwork...Last week it was a funny little red slug and now this. Anyone know what these new and not horrifying yet not quite pleasant creatures are? You can see them curled up on the rock close to the edge of it

 

[Theulli]

Course they pop up right where the only tuft of hair algae in my tank is just to make me look bad

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Stomellia snails?
They are the speed racers of snails. Lol
D

 

[Theulli]

I don’t know they look like a worm had a baby with a copepod

 

[Theulli]

Gammarid amphipod?

 

[Theulli]

Funny if you look closely at the middle of the picture you will see a tiny Vayssierea felis attacking one of those benthic worms. The critters I am after are the huge ones on the far left

 

[MasonK24]

+1 on amphipod

 

[Sarcazian]

As others have mentioned, definitely looks like an amphipods. Fun little critters. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphipoda