Please Someone Tell Me What This Creature Is!!!!

First I had a copepod explosion now I am finding these little green ball things swimming around my shrimp tank. Someone please tell me what they are and if they are harmful to my shrimp.

 

What kind of copepods?

 

What kind of copepods?

I thought they where called copepods. They are small I can't really get a picture but some of them match these female pictures exactly



These green balls are larger and look nothing like the copepods. They are round and green. The copepods are tiny and white and more straight.

 

Take a look at seed shrimps in google. Do they match?

 

No photos in your post.

 

No photos in your post.

Me?

 

No photos in your post.

Its a video I will post the link, I unfortunately can't get a picture of them.

Its a video I will post the link, I unfortunately can't get a picture of them.

Hmm the link turned into a video

Take a look at seed shrimps in google. Do they match?

Its really hard to get a good look they won't hold still but they look almost perfectly round like a little ball

 

Me?

Yes. No photos in your post to compare to the google.

 

Yes. No photos in your post to compare to the google.

I was asking Sakana to search seed shrimp and compare the seed shrimp on google to the ones in the shrimp tank

 

Yes. No photos in your post to compare to the google.

I think you misread her post. She just suggested that OP look up seed shrimps. Could be moina too? There's really no way to tell from that video.

 

Could someone maybe suggest a better way to get a picture of them?

 

I think you misread her post. She just suggested that OP look up seed shrimps. Could be moina too? There's really no way to tell from that video.

I think Moina swim differently

I’m just judging by a few YouTube vids I’ve seen

 

I was looking at one on the glass and it looks like it has two little antenna. It might be a seed shrimp. If it is is it harmful to my shrimp?

 

I’m pretty sure that seed shrimp are herbivores

 

My mistake. Th

I think you misread her post. She just suggested that OP look up seed shrimps. Could be moina too? There's really no way to tell from that video.

My mistake. there is an answer to the mistake but no need to go in to it.

 

I was looking at one on the glass and it looks like it has two little antenna. It might be a seed shrimp. If it is is it harmful to my shrimp?

Not harmful. It's free food for your fish, if you have some!

 

I was asking Sakana to search seed shrimp and compare the seed shrimp on google to the ones in the shrimp tank

I’m almost certain they are in fact seed shrimp (Cypris) I actually raise them and have tons of microscopic documentation. They are actually a good source of fry food .


If you guys have any further questions about freshwater microorganisms I can help . I’ve documented a lot.

 

Also believe it is seed shrimp