What Does A Young Mantis Shrimp Look Like?

[fishstick]

I moved a rock and out scuttled a colourless shrimp about 1 cm long. I couldn't catch it. What else could it be but a mantis which is going to grow huge munching up everything in my tank?

 

[xxBarneyxx]

I wouldn't worry about it. Most likely it was just a 'pod of some sort (perfectly safe and will most likely end up as fish food).

 

[1entra]

Could well be a mysis shrimps and again its nothing to worry about as they make good food for fish and dont get much bigger

 

[dilbert]

... just a 'pod of some sort ...

I really don't want to spread panic ... but I hope it wasn't an isopod like described here:

[URL="http/www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php"]http/www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php[/URL]

Read overall this: "About 15 years ago, I had a student who was holding in her clenched hand a 1.5 inch long Aegid. The bug cut through the flesh of her palm, dug in, and started to eat HER."

 

[fishstick]

... just a 'pod of some sort ...

I really don't want to spread panic ... but I hope it wasn't an isopod like described here:

<a href="http/www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php" target="_blank">http/www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php</a>

Read overall this: "About 15 years ago, I had a student who was holding in her clenched hand a 1.5 inch long Aegid. The bug cut through the flesh of her palm, dug in, and started to eat HER."

HORROR it looked just like those things...

 

[chrissaysyes]

1cm sounds pretty big for one of those though..

 

[Wiedertäufer]

If it is one of the parasitic or even carnivorous ones, don't add fish for 2 to 3 months. It'll die of starvation.

 

[1entra]

I still believe its a pod or a small shrimp of some sort!

 

[xxBarneyxx]

I still believe its a pod or a small shrimp of some sort!

Yeah it is much likely to be a harmless pod then anything else. Even if it is a mantis shrimp it is still more likely to be a smaller one that is harmless then a big fish killer.

 

[chrissaysyes]

At that size it would make a nice snack for most fish

 

[1entra]

At that size it would make a nice snack for most fish

indeed it would and a lot of fish would appreciate the snack as well