What the.......

It has been said time and time again, don't use a flashlight at night. But did i listen.... of course not. So I found all these critters. I am pretty sure they are all the same thing and I could not get a very good picture of them. They seem to range in size from mechanical pencil lead diameter to #2 pencil lead, and about 2mm in length to about 6-8 mm in length. It almost seems like it has a tail tucked under like a shrimp might have but only looks like it has a couple of "feelers" on the head. Here is the best pictures my phone could get. Hopefully they are not bad but I have to know if I need to take action or not.

I hope you can see it. It is right in the middle. Hoping it is just future food and not future PITA.

Thanks in advance.

 

Amphipod, harmless the great majority of the time.

 

+1 to ^^^

To be clear, whoever said to not use a flashlight was wrong. That's the easiest way to find harmful pests before they do too much damage, as the majority are nocturnal and hide very well during the day.

 

A flashlight at night is how you see if your corals are stinging eachother, harmful pests and so on. I make it a point to check my tank weekly at night.

 

those are called lunch, dinner and midnight snack..

at least thats what my CBB thinks of them. Mandarins love those too.