Max Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 (edited) I cleaned the glass of my refugium today and got a cool video of amphipods and brine shrimp . At one point an amphipod starts fanning it's swimmerets in what I believe was her releasing it's clutch. Edited March 6, 2012 by Max Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Vid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 I had some difficulties figuring out how to load the video. It was taken with my iphone, so excuse the not so great quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 Enjoying the new view I found out that I had a small (1.5-2 cm.) pistol shrimp living in my refugium. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+brian.srock Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Thats awesome, I get more enjoyment watching the micro stuff than I do my fish. Brine Shrimp are next on my to breed list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mFrame Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Pistol shrimp are awesome. Now you need to look at getting him a goby to share the cave with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonJones Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Holy pods batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted March 6, 2012 Author Share Posted March 6, 2012 It's just recently that I've truely taken a notice of them. I've had some problems with algae in the fuge but I've been able to kill off most of it with my macro algae. Now that I've cleaned the acrylic I'm actually able to see them and have to say there awesome! I watched one of them repeatedly flick a 8" bristle worm and cause it to retreat. After a closer look, I've concluded that what I thought was a pistol shrimp, is simply a very large Amphipod. I've seemed to have lost my former pistol shrimp, although I'm still not sure. I still hear clicking noises every once in awhile and I assumed that this was what I was hearing. Who knows maybe it still in there? At some point I'll have to get another, my goby seems to be missing a freind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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