Jstewart0925 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Hello people I’m new to the forum I have a question I need help with could you help me out with identifying this please I’ve never had them before or if I have have never noticed them lol. Thanks Josh 20 gallon long planted tank 10 neon tetras and a few shrimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cavdad45 Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Scuds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xXInkedPhoenixX Posted June 1, 2022 Share Posted June 1, 2022 Welcome to the forum 🙂 . Yes looks like scuds- can be free live fish food depending on what you have in the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tihshho Posted June 2, 2022 Share Posted June 2, 2022 IME scuds destroy shrimp populations. They predate on newly hatched babies as well as shrimp that just molted. If you can remove them do so. Just be aware, at that size they probably already released their babies, so this is going to be a battle to keep up with. Manually taking them out followed with fish eating the small ones keeps up with the population without having to nuke the tank. Good luck! It took me a while to get the one instance of this happening undercontrol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jstewart0925 Posted June 2, 2022 Author Share Posted June 2, 2022 I luckly only saw one lol knock on wood the one I saw was small just looked big because of the macro lens I took the photo with I finally caught it after a minute and got rid of it. Way to fast lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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