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Hi guys/gals,
I'm new to the forum. Been away from fish keeping for about 10 years, but now am getting back into it. Anyhow, setting up a new 55 gallon cichlid tank. Everything is set and I added my water last night. This morning, I went down to see if the crushed coral dust had settled and smooth out the substrate surface. I found this little guy in there. I am pretty sure it is a ghost shrimp of some kind, but that isn't the weird part.
I bought the crushed coral from my LFS (probably sitting a while), and it sat at my house, dry, for about a month up until last night. I also purchased two pieces of old old reef base coral from my LFS old salt water tanks (to bring up ph). The water was freezing this morning, and I thought he was dead. Tried to pick him up out of tank... He started swimming!!! I was shocked. I caught him, and here are the pics. Can a ghost shrimp live out of water for weeks or months?
I'm new to the forum. Been away from fish keeping for about 10 years, but now am getting back into it. Anyhow, setting up a new 55 gallon cichlid tank. Everything is set and I added my water last night. This morning, I went down to see if the crushed coral dust had settled and smooth out the substrate surface. I found this little guy in there. I am pretty sure it is a ghost shrimp of some kind, but that isn't the weird part.
I bought the crushed coral from my LFS (probably sitting a while), and it sat at my house, dry, for about a month up until last night. I also purchased two pieces of old old reef base coral from my LFS old salt water tanks (to bring up ph). The water was freezing this morning, and I thought he was dead. Tried to pick him up out of tank... He started swimming!!! I was shocked. I caught him, and here are the pics. Can a ghost shrimp live out of water for weeks or months?