Unknown tiny shrimp

Mike N · Jul 14, 2020

Half of my clownfish eggs hatched last night and most were caught by the vossen trap.
In addition to the clownfish fry, the trap also caught a bunch of tiny shrimp. They're about 1/3 the size of newly hatched clownfish fry.
Anyone have an idea?

Mr_Knightley · Jul 14, 2020

Do you have any cleaner or other ornamental shrimp in the aquarium where the spawning took place? If so, I would assume that to be their own spawn.

Mike N · Jul 14, 2020

I have peppermint shrimp multiples and a single Pederson cleaner shrimp

Mike N · Jul 14, 2020

I know it's not the peppermints because I have caught their babies and they are larger than these

Mr_Knightley · Jul 14, 2020

That makes perfect sense then, peppermints commonly breed in the aquarium. You could either try and raise them (they can be raised just like the clowns, but in a separate tank), or put them back in to the tank and watch you're fish go wild, you're choice. I could be cool to raise them up, but it would also mean another whole setup.

PTXReef · Jul 14, 2020

Mike N said:
Half of my clownfish eggs hatched last night and most were caught by the vossen trap.
In addition to the clownfish fry, the trap also caught a bunch of tiny shrimp. They're about 1/3 the size of newly hatched clownfish fry.
Anyone have an idea?

It may be a mysid shrimp. Do you feed frozen mysis? I see teeny tiny baby shrimp usually a few nights after feeding and have read somewhere that they can hatch from frozen?

Mike N · Jul 14, 2020

Mr_Knightley said:
That makes perfect sense then, peppermints commonly breed in the aquarium. You could either try and raise them (they can be raised just like the clowns, but in a separate tank), or put them back in to the tank and watch you're fish go wild, you're choice. I could be cool to raise them up, but it would also mean another whole setup.

I know they're not peppermints as I have caught those larvae as well and they are much larger than these.

Mike N · Jul 14, 2020

PTXReef said:
It may be a mysid shrimp. Do you feed frozen mysis? I see teeny tiny baby shrimp usually a few nights after feeding and have read somewhere that they can hatch from frozen?

Seriously?!
I feed two types of mysis so this is plausible if true.