Isopods, Isopods, Isopods!

[Reefer Steve]

So at night I noticed quite a few of these guys (ranging from just a couple millimeters to a centimeter) on my TBS rock, will they starve eventually without fish to prety on? I hate these things when I pull them off of gamefish!

 

[jdieck]

They can last for a good long time but usually chances are they will not become a problem.

 

[Reefer Steve]

Do you have a rough estimate? There really is a good number of them swimming in the water colum, I dont mind if I have to wait a few weeks or even a month.

 

[LeslieH]

What kind of isopods do you have? And are you sure all of them are parasitic? You'll find images of common isopod hitchhikers on
http://home2.pacific.net.ph/~sweetyummy42/index.html

 

[dendro982]

Wrasses are helpful, whatever will be not too big for the tank.