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Old 02-04-2008, 04:39 AM
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Default Baby Mantis Shrimps! HELP ME SAVE THEM!

So i was looking through my tank today for a bad crab and noticed a blueish greenish thing float by because it was trapped in the current. I siphoned it out and put it into a white bowl and shined a light on it. I thought it was a baby mantis shrimp and it looked injured so I killed it. I put it under a microscope (Im a science geek) and it is a baby mantis shrimp. It has the two clubs in the front and everything.

But wait... thats not the best part...

I was curious about any more that might possibly be in my tank so i turned on the lunar lights and stared into the water. Another one resembling the first swims by and i siphon him into a container. He is not injured, looks identical to the other one, but I beleive is still too small to be swimming and crawling on his own. So this is my question.

Both shrimp I found were maybe 1/2 a cm in total length, blueish green. Both have the same type of Clubs on them indicating they are smashers.

1. How can I keep them alive?
2. What can I feed them? They are so small!
3. What type do you think they could be?
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