Shrimp and red algae?

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I don't usually do IDs but I was about to dump this water than I got from a fellow hobbiest when I spotted some interesting stuff in it. The red stuff looks familiar but I'm not too sure. The shrimp are about 1/8" long and swim in erratic little circles. Heres a quick video of the shrimp. What do you guys think?
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I don't usually do IDs but I was about to dump this water than I got from a fellow hobbiest when I spotted some interesting stuff in it. The red stuff looks familiar but I'm not too sure. The shrimp are about 1/8" long and swim in erratic little circles. Heres a quick video of the shrimp. What do you guys think?
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Those are probably mysis shrimps. Somewhat rare to find but good food.
 
Those are probably mysis shrimps. Somewhat rare to find but good food.
That's pretty cool! Any chance they'll breed in my fuge or should I just dump them in the tank for fish food? I assume they've been breeding in the tank they came from
 
That's pretty cool! Any chance they'll breed in my fuge or should I just dump them in the tank for fish food? I assume they've been breeding in the tank they came from
Definitely. I have a friend that breeds them but he breeds in a tank just for them. He keeps lots of macro in the tank. I’ve been wanting to breed some but I don’t run a fuge in the sump.
 
I don't usually do IDs but I was about to dump this water than I got from a fellow hobbiest when I spotted some interesting stuff in it. The red stuff looks familiar but I'm not too sure. The shrimp are about 1/8" long and swim in erratic little circles. Heres a quick video of the shrimp. What do you guys think?
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who identifies for the identifier lol. the red seems to be some sort of rhodophyta, im not polished on my algal identification game, so to my eyes it resembles many red algae types
 

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