Think my clowns had babies?

[Triggerjay]

Ihave a pair of clowns in my 55g, that have recently become pertective of an area of the tank near my mushrooms. This morning, I found these swimming near the surface of my tank in the upper left corner. They have a "baby guppy" appearance. I may be totally wrong on the ID. They move very fast and are hard to photograph, but here are the best shots I could get:

Some appear to havea slight orange/reddish tint to them, and the smaller ones are just white.. (by smaller I mean slightly).
I have pods in my tank, and are well aware of what they look like, and how they move. These do not move like the pods I have seen in the past.. I really think they are baby fish. or possibly shrimp of some sort. Here is a video too:


What do you think??? Thanks

Jason

 

[mps9506]

Well clowns are egg layers and lay bright orangish looking eggs and you probably would have seen these. Kind of hard to see your photos but it looks like a copepod or amphipod.

 

[Dentoid]

I agree with the above. Kind of looks like a live mysis shrimp.

 

[Frankie]

I found it hard to tell since i was on the floor lmao from when the wife said "are you still looking at those fish?". That was awesome dude! I loved how you didn't respond to her either! Karma to you.

 

[charlesr1958]

Hopefully this will be of use to you to ID what you have, or at least, for a future reference.

Clownfish (percula) eggs and larvae sequence

Chuck

 

[Triggerjay]

Thank you for the link.... I was looking at them again this morning, and they appear to be shrimp... they have a flat forked tail...

Jason

 

[hooterhead]

mysid shrimp definitely.

 

[Triggerjay]

Cool! free food! lol...

Jason

 

[bluespotjawfish]

 

[Frankie]

That is cool. Way to go Jay

 

[brikeibur]

LOL, man your background music cracked me the hell up!!! That was great....btw I wouldn't have a clue what those thingies are, but you are right, they sure are fast!!

 

[Triggerjay]

I still have not found out how to either edit mpeg files to take the sound out, or shut off the sound on my camera... One day I will figure it out.. lol

Jason