weird thing? *sorry no pic*

Sorry guys I do not own a digi cam so i can only play pictionary with you guys. Anyway...

I bought a small 15$ coral today. And right now as i am typing the bag is being floated in the tank. While it was floating i noticed there some tiny creatures in there...Kinda looks like ailen facehugger...from ailen movie except its tiny tiny and its clear white. Anyidea what this can be? Theres like 2 or 3 of them possibly more.

 

Hard to know without a pic.....

Could be copepods, or could be something worse. My advice - if you have a QT, use it for this coral until you can ID the unknown creatures. This is advisable rather than just adding it to your tank and hoping for the best. Try google searching copepods and amphipods images and comparing.

 

Pods... not sure of specifics... if its clear probably amphi or cope

 

I dont think its any of the pods. I have like hundreds of copepods stuck in my tank windshield. I compared the size. While copepods look like pencil dots, these look like bugs. I am just guessing..but they are around 1-3cm long maybe, And has a long body including the tail, and has like i dont know...5-10 legs on each side left and right. And it has a tail sticking out. And so far i see like 5 of them.
It literally looks like ailen facehugger =p from movie ailen

 

Are you sure 1-3 cm? That's pretty big, although amphipods do come in that size. Again (hate to repeat myself), a pic would help.

 

sorry, I over did it a bit. Its im guessing 8mm. So around 1 cm. I compared it with my fish poop that was next to to windshield, and is almost long as that. So ya 1 cm.
Has 2 small dot like black eye side by side.
yey pictionary...no camera..so sorry..

 

amphipids remind me of a rolly poly lol.... with legs and antenna...
not sure.. yeah may need a pic on this one..

 

Mysid shrimp???? http://research.calacademy.org/research/izg/SFBay2K/Mysid 61932 lat c Montage.jpg