little green shrimp??

[misterjose23]

okay i really havent taken a good look at my tank in awhile. i have the lights on a timmer so it turns on and off byitself.
i just got home and turned on the lights. when i turn it on i see a million little green shrimp looking things running around looking for something to hide!!!
what in the world are they. i would take a picture but they are really small. maybe a centimeter only but theres hundreds of them!!!!
my tank has only a couple of damsels, i havent decided what to put in it.
its been running for a year now.

 

[msjinkzd]

sounds like amphipods

 

[misterjose23]

is that a bad thing? or a good thing?

 

[misterjose23]

how do i get rid of it

 

[sostoudt]

its food for your fish, you should probably premote them so your fish can graze on them

 

[misterjose23]

thanks, how do i promote them i didnt even do anything to get them started in the first place they just appeared out of nowhere!!!

 

[sostoudt]

thanks, how do i promote them i didnt even do anything to get them started in the first place they just appeared out of nowhere!!!

if you have a spaces in rocks or stacks of rocks fish cant get into, then they will breed in them.

there just big copepods really.