1,000 shrimp like pods?

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  1. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    On the order of a mm or two. ideas?
     
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  2. Seano Hermano

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    These are most likely copepods or amphipods...natural, harmless, and a good sign of tank maturity (or the beginning of).
     
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  3. Kevin_E

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    Must have been a hatching of some sort today. This is the first time I have seen these guys (don't recall seeing them in my first setup 3 years ago). They almost resemble mosquito larvae.
     
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    Do you feed any mysid?
     
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  5. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    Nope
     
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  7. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    Hard to tell exactly. Too small to even see. I'll say shimp larvae is the closest match. Do they remain on the size order of a mm or grow larger?
     
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    They are basically gone in a day. That larvae picture is deceiving, in that I couldn't see that detail with the naked eye. They looked like a bunch of little shrimp blobs heading to the surface.
     
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  9. Kevin_E

    Kevin_E Giant Squid

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    That explains why I can't seem to find anymore.
     
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    They fed your tank well as a last hurrah!
     
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