What is this weird thing?

[norner]

Hi all,
Can anyone help to id this? If seemed alive and Crawling on the glass. Saw both this one and a smaller one.

is it bad for the tank?

 

[MnFish1]

It depends on which thing you're talking about - but it looks like a shrimp. But again I dont know what you're talking about

 

[MaxTremors]

Looks almost like a walking stick or preying mantis got into your tank.

 

[RedFrog211]

+1 stick bug lol

 

[anthonygf]

Shine a torch on the bugger when taking photo.

 

[norner]

It depends on which thing you're talking about - but it looks like a shrimp. But again I dont know what you're talking about

Its the small Bug. Looks like a walking stick to me

 

[Tamberav]

Hi all,
Can anyone help to id this? If seemed alive and Crawling on the glass. Saw both this one and a smaller one.

is it bad for the tank?

Skeleton shrimp? Pic is blurry but they are skinny sticklike

 

[norner]

Trying to post more pictures, but was hard to focus.

 

[norner]

It is very ‘wobly’ and almost look like algae but behaves more like a worm.

 

[nathanm]

Spaghetti worm?

 

[anthonygf]

Spaghetti worm? on walkabout?

 

[v3v3]

Spaghetti worm? on walkabout?

+1

 

[norner]

Spaghetti worm? on walkabout?

Bingo - thats the thing. Seems like they are harmless

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Yes Spaghetti worm

 

[PeterB113]

That is not a spaghetti worm lol. If anything it's a arrow shrimp or a praying mantis that fell in your tank lol