WoW dude whats this?

[ja__]

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[75Gallons]

That is a ciralanoid(sp) Isopod. Bad news if you dont' like your fish being eatten alive.

 

[ja__]

Puhh i dont have fish yet how to get ridd of?

 

[75Gallons]

Well if you just leave it for awhile it will probably starve. I actually kept some of these in a small tank about 2 years ago with a small blenny and a ton of amphipods. They ate all the amphipods and then blenny ate them and the amphipods. Then the isopods started eatting each other until there were none left. Then the amphipods showed back up and I moved the blenny to my main tank and now all thats left in the tank are amphipods that i grow for my main tank. Back to you though, you could just not feed your tank if nothing is in there yet and they should starve.

 

[ja__]

I do have some liverock though. and some shrimp and eremitts are the isopods dangurius to them to?

 

[75Gallons]

Probably not. I had hermits in with them and they never bothered them. I did see the hermits eatting them occasionally though. I had a ton in there lol.

 

[Travis L. Stevens]

That could be a good isopod, but it could also be a bad one. Here is an AWESOME read.

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/bp/index.php

 

[ja__]

well now thats crap :worried: i think im gonna crfy now my first reef tank ending like this.

 

[jawaiianmon]

perhaps some others will chime in with opinions and help soon- I wouldn't fret. Do some searches on the suspected critter.

 

[ja__]

is it usuall to have? is it something everyone has? couse now i just found a nother specie isopod in the same tank, and im pretty angry right now! should i demand my money back?

 

[bertoni]

I'm not sure it's a cirolanid. It could be a sphaeromatid. Can you get a picture from the front? Or catch one?

 

[ja__]

yeah sure
Their pretty slow svimmers and dont react fast so im really wondering if they can be parasitic at all i poked a net on a couple of them and they didnt seem to be able to swim they just walked on the rock, dont seem to be scared of daylight either

just wait a minute need to get to come out from ther hiding plases again

 

[Rendos]

I had some very similar to yours in my clownfish tank. I found this diagram on the web....maybe it will help you identify them.

I waited until the lights went out several days in a row, and used tweezers to catch them all. I did not want to take a chance. I have not seen them in 6 months or more.

 

[ja__]

Thanks i cannot say that they have visiable eyes so i guess they are phaeromatids, they arent parasitic right?

 

[XeniaMania]

Well...whatever you do, do not use your hands since the predatory onces can slice into you and start eating you alive.

 

[bertoni]

Yes, sphaeromatids are harmless, and should be beneficial. The parasites are fast-swimming with big eyes.

 

[ja__]

Then i reallly hope im of thye hook thenks for your help pictures comming up soon i hope my camera just ran out so i hope to get a picture to morrow.

I sure doesnt hope your serius now xenia mania? would it survive in my skin?

 

[XeniaMania]

http://www.reefs.org/library/article/clarke_shimek.html
Read that about how they slice and dice, and how sharks were found off Florida w/ their hearts eaten.

 

[ja__]

XeniaMania: your scaring the **** out of me!. nice to now though thanks

 

[XeniaMania]

Only delivering truth.. It is a scary scary world.