[sunce_22]

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?

[reefcouple]

wish i could help..

i always think its pretty cool when you now know you must be doing something right to be creating an inviroment that these sea creatures would procreate in...

very cool and good luck to you..

[patrick1234]

you can feed them ghost shrimp

[patrick1234]

also for a tank maby look in to geting a eclips 3gal and just adding lr ruble no sand and they will do good in that for a little bit

[rlcline76]

http://www.breedersregistry.org/

You could try looking here, see if you can figure something out.