What Parasite is this??? Photo included

[troysinclair]

Hi everyone, ive researched for about 40 hrs on this and found no info. Can anyone help me on what parasite this is!!!

Its about 1 mm big and has a head and a tail. it is free swimming, I acutually have avid of it swimming as well. I seem to have several of these and they keep attaching to my fish.

Please Help!

Thanks troy

 

[JHemdal]

Troy,

The picture isn't quite clear enough, but I can see that it has two eyes and what looks like a segmented telson. That would lean me towards thinking this is a copepod. Here is a link to a similar problem earlier in the year:

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1386797&highlight=parasitic+copepod


Jay