What are these critters in water column? Tigger PODs?

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I had added 3 bottles of Tigger PODs during Jan to March this year but did not see those red lil bugs float in my tank ...

Late last night, I put flashlight on tank side and saw these in water column ... they were attracted to light source ... they were

not on the rock surface ... what are these?
 

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I'm under the impression that tiger pods have a hard time reproducing in reef tank environment, which in my mind made sense as to the marketability of the product.

I cant view the video either, I agree that what you're seeing are your normal run of the mill copepods, isopods, amphipods, etc.
 

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Probably. Email or text me the video and I’ll try to identify for you.

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Just click the 3 dots on the right and choose download, then play it locally on your device.
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Sorry the video was not viewable, here are youtube links

The critters:

My tank:
 

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Sorry the video was not viewable, here are youtube links

The critters:

My tank:

Those are moving more like shrimp vs copepods . Normally you will only see them a night . The tig pods you added are more then likely long gone they are a direct food source and rarely colonize home systems
 
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You mean some shrimp is thriving in the tqnk?

I had 5 cleaner and 3 Peppermint for 2 years but they been dead for 2 months ...

Are there other smaller shrimp types? What cud that be?
 

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