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    Posted: March 21 2004 at 6:26pm

I spoted a week ago a wierd buggish looking thing that I would almost sweat was a mormon cricket in my tank, except smaller and grey and about a half inch long.  Then again today I sawy a smaller one digging in teh sand against teh glass, this one was 4 mm long but was an agile little (6 or 8) legged bug moving dirt and digging out a spot.  Anyone have any ideas?

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Probably gramaris shrimp. No big deal. I have TONS of them in my sump and you will also generally find them in filter pads. They make great fish snacks.
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Here are a couple pictures of amphipods.   Are these guys what you are talking about?

 
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Yea that's them!! Cool :)
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Jared, those were good pics of Grammeras.

Here's the link to another discussion of those animals: http://www.utahreefs.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=1466&KW=a mphipod

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