When i recently re-aquascaped my tank i took a large piece of live rock out and placed it on a towel, when i put it back in moments later i found a few of these (Amphipods) on the floor i thought I'd put them all back in but unfortunately this one didn't make it alive so i took a pic.
When I 'cut the grass' I end up throwing out about a hundred each time. I wish I could avoid it but whattagonnado? I can spend an hour picking them out.
I have a Mag glass cleaner that i don't touch and it has a lot of very small/young ones on it, i consider it to be a nursery for them before they become Mandarin food.
I have a Mag glass cleaner that i don't touch and it has a lot of very small/young ones on it, i consider it to be a nursery for them before they become Mandarin food.
Ah, I see... they merely took the opportunity to make a run for it thinking it was low tide! Poor suckers, tide never came in again, but they avoided your Mandarin ; ).