night creatures- with picture

[jess128]

In the past few days I've found these things in my tank well after the lights have gone out. I could not get a picture but I looked on Google images and they look pretty close to this
http://image55.webshots.com/155/1/10/75/397211075hGYeLl_ph.jpg
There must be at least 10 of them and they scurry around the sand. My first thought was baby hermit crabs, any ideas?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Sorry, pics not working.

[mr_alberta]

From the picture it looks almost like Mysis shrimp.

[Xtasia]

Amphipods?

http://web.odu.edu/sci/biology/jrh/whatis.htm

[jess128]

Try this link for the picture: http://www.canreef.com/photopost/showphoto.php?photo=3417&password=&sort=1&cat=500&page=1
I only see them at night when the lights have been out for a while. How would I suddenly get Mysis in the tank? Oh well, that's a good think I guess if that's what they are.

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Usually in some aged live sand or maybe hitchhiked on some live rock or large coral. I used to seed all my tanks with several pounds of live sand from OA & get tanks overrun with pods & mysis in a few months.

BTW, looks like live mysis to me.

Anthony

[rudy]

I just picked up some live rock from Ed99 (thanks by the way), but anyway when I was putting them in the tank had one of those fall on the glass top. I agree they do look like mysis.