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What is this bug I found in my aquarium?

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I found a strange looking bug in my aquarium that looks like a brine shrimp but I think it's not. Could someone help me out and tell me what it is? I took it out and put it in a small bowl.



 
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Definitely a scud aka gammarus shrimp. Small fish will eat them. If you have one, odds are you have more of them. They can take over a tank in no time if there are no predators in with them. I have been trying to rid my shrimp tank of them but anything that eats scuds will eat shrimp too. So I have set a trap for them and empty it each day. I return the shrimp to the tank, the scuds go into a different tank and become food. Works pretty good.
 
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