Colected some pods about 2 weeks ago..

[Bob 1000]

I think I may have collected some baby smashers... I looked at the cup about a half hour later and all the pods were dead accept one.. The one with the long claws.. Can you guys see it in this shot?? the grey one..

 

[m'akoyPINOY]

yeah,it does looks like a baby smashers!did you put some in the tank?

 

[Bob 1000]

I put about 100 in my 125 sump that now houses my corals,,lol but not funny at all..lmao

 

[Domboski]

They are Amphipods Tobin

Large front Legs: http://sci.odu.edu/biology/directory/Holsinger/jrh/CLASS_CR.HTM

Regular front Legs: http://sci.odu.edu/biology/directory/Holsinger/jrh/CLASS_HA.HTM

 

[Bob 1000]

Dom I thought that one killed all the other ones.. Guess not.. I'm happy that I don't have a bunch of baby smashers in the tank,,lol...
Thanks for the ID Dom, I guess I never really paid that munch attention to then until I got this camera... Then again I actually saw the pores on my fingerprint too,,lol..

 

[NYreefNoob]

i have a ton of those in my sump, i collect them up here ot of the hudson river