looks like a shrimp, but is it?

[macor64]

Hey all,

Trying to identify this little critter:



Hopefully, it's not a problem critter, but any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[BigAl07]

Not a shrimp but a "POD" which is very beneficial

 

[BigAl07]

Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.

 

[phantom2991]

sweet find!!!

 

[ReefApprentice]

Pods are everywhere!!!!!

 

[macor64]

Thanks guys... Gotta a bunch of these running around and, man....they are pretty fast !!

 

[Therapy]

Wanna see something cool? Shine a flashlight in the tank an hour or so after lights out. My whole tank was alive with them. Thousands. Good stuff!