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Unread 02/27/2021, 02:16 AM   #1
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Amohipods with Spearer appendages like Mantis shrimp

Was just looking at my pods and noticed some had some quite large claws similar to a speared mantis.

I know I don’t have a bunch of baby mantis in my tank - wondering if this is a common phenomenon or a result of an inbred pod population.


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Unread 02/27/2021, 02:49 AM   #2
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Unread 03/06/2021, 07:41 PM   #3
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Can't see the photo, but my amphipods are a blue-ish tint with mantis like appendages they use for grabbing food and clearing substrate from their burrows.


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Thanks for the reply / never really got my photos moved to a good site after RC closed their gallery.

Glad to know others see this too and these things are not mutating to take over my tank.


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Wait- your amphipod a have burrows!?!??!


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Unread 03/08/2021, 10:30 AM   #6
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Yeah, they make little burrows. Nothing too fancy ;p


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