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hey guys...i just seen some shrimplets in my new tank...no inhabitants yet...but i found a few shrimplets in the tank...no pics...cos its shrimplets...too small..

the shrimplets are shaped like a long needle with a round buldge in the middle which is the body...which means theres a long needle like thing protruding as the back and another protruding as the front...

anyone has any idea what it is...pistol shrimp shrimplets or mantis?

i very scared is mantis leh...

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ok guys...i know this is fast and stupid...but i found out what it is liao....a crab...known as porcellanid crab Petrolisthes armatus ...or commonly the green procelain crab...is this crab good or bad?

huh? Still look like a shrimp to me......

Porcelain crab is a good and does not harm corals, feeds on plankton, rotifers and baby brine shrimp, requires good water flow and is hardy.

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If its translucent (aren't all marine prey) with a slightly reddish 'bulge', swims smoothly like almost hovering over the rocks, appears with the lights out; then it might be 'mysids'.

They are good news, but strange since yours is a new tank, unless you jackpot on a rock with a colony.

Try reading this article by Dr. Ron Shimek at RK.

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