I need some advice. I bought Florida live rock a month ago and I've been just letting the tank get adjusted and looking at the critters...was gonna wait a while on fish. Well, one night I saw this big parasitic isopod...it was big and the crab was backing away from it. It had the big black creepy eyes. So I've been trying to find it again and wondering how to get rid of them. Last night I saw that one of my tiny little pistol shrimp have some kind of parasite attached to it's side...not sure if it's the same thing or a different parasite...it was shaped kindof like a pine nut...big rounded end and then the other end little. Anyways, what is the best way to get rid of these nasty things? I would love to add fish but not until they are gone. Also have some gorilla crabs that keep outsmarting our attempts to kill them. The isopods move so fast, I don't think I can catch them with a net.
Parasitic Isopods
- Thread starter Totken
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Don't know much about them, other than you have to perform "surgery" to remove them from cleaner shrimp. But below is a good read:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2002-05/rs/index.php
Newsmyrna80
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Yep my understanding is they should be removed with tweezers.
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