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    Fire Coral
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    Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    I found the shrimp shown below in my sump. Any ideas?

    Good bad or just ugly?

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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    you might need a better pic for people to tell. try capturing it.

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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    I was afraid of that. Good amount of rock down there and almost never see him.

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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    I was afraid of that. Good amount of rock down there and almost never see him.

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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    With the white mottling, brown/tan color, and the bullseye on it it looks a lot like the Sargassum shrimp I catch.
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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    I'd say Tek is spot on there.

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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    Yep looks like a sargasso shrimp i always catch them and release them into the DT. their max size is pretty puny and i would love to have more in my tank
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    Re: Unknown shrimp found in sump..

    Sweet thanks for the input. Just wanted to make sure he wasn't going to clear out the life in my tank.

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