What is this transparent shrimp found in my reef tank

john

@Surreal_Vine_15 · 1 day ago

Any idea what this is, 2nd one I've found in my reef tank.

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Your shrimp is growing it has sheaded its shell for a new one.

@brother5of5 21h

Yeah that looks like a shrimp molting. Do you have a shrimp in the tank that’s about that size?

I have a pistle shrimp that moulted for the first time last week.

@Wacky_Crocodile_55 21h

Could be a molt honestly!

Is it moving or not? If not moving molt makes sense. If moving maybe a ghost shrimp or weird amphipod

@Surreal_Vine_15 20h

Not moving about 5mm long

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