Hi,
I cannot believe I'm so out of luck! I'm new to the hobby but my adventure has started rather on its tougher end... The tank is 2+ months old, I have got two clowns, cleaner shrimp, few snails, two hermits an LPS and Softie. Few days ago I spotted something swimming lightning fast during feeding time. Becoming active especially with flakes over live/pellets.
Goggled few things and started with isopods. Since I saw it during the day twice by now I ruled them out as night active. But then I noticed a mark on one of my clowns tail (something white-ish). Didn't look like something was attached more like a cyst.
Because I did not see whatever it was for more than a split of a second size of their eyes was obviously impossible to judge. Flying blind I've made the trap as described in one of the posts - a jar with reversed top of a bottle + dead shrimp. I put there also mysis shrimp and flake food. Turned the lights down 10pm and after 10 mins went on with just red spectrum. This is what I caught...
Needless to say it was so desperate to get into the trap that I have managed to take the jar out with it on... no net, nothing.
Regarding people saying about FW dips, that's a No Go if you want your fish alive. I put it in FW straight from the tap with chlorine, added Coral RX and after 30 mins it did not look dead at all! Ended up flushing it.
Decided to put the trap in again but nothing this time. Will try the next night and in a week as well. Not going to nuke my tank so hopefully it did not manage to reproduce yet (0.2inch max). Strange though it was active during the day, hungry?
Anyone can tell was it a male or female?
Regards,
M
I cannot believe I'm so out of luck! I'm new to the hobby but my adventure has started rather on its tougher end... The tank is 2+ months old, I have got two clowns, cleaner shrimp, few snails, two hermits an LPS and Softie. Few days ago I spotted something swimming lightning fast during feeding time. Becoming active especially with flakes over live/pellets.
Goggled few things and started with isopods. Since I saw it during the day twice by now I ruled them out as night active. But then I noticed a mark on one of my clowns tail (something white-ish). Didn't look like something was attached more like a cyst.
Because I did not see whatever it was for more than a split of a second size of their eyes was obviously impossible to judge. Flying blind I've made the trap as described in one of the posts - a jar with reversed top of a bottle + dead shrimp. I put there also mysis shrimp and flake food. Turned the lights down 10pm and after 10 mins went on with just red spectrum. This is what I caught...
Needless to say it was so desperate to get into the trap that I have managed to take the jar out with it on... no net, nothing.
Regarding people saying about FW dips, that's a No Go if you want your fish alive. I put it in FW straight from the tap with chlorine, added Coral RX and after 30 mins it did not look dead at all! Ended up flushing it.
Decided to put the trap in again but nothing this time. Will try the next night and in a week as well. Not going to nuke my tank so hopefully it did not manage to reproduce yet (0.2inch max). Strange though it was active during the day, hungry?
Anyone can tell was it a male or female?
Regards,
M
