baby mantis ??????

[myescape0]

I got this off of one of my tiny yellow tangs...I've gotten one off of a "parrotfish" a while back....I'm getting told that they are baby mantis shrimp....the picture is huge but I don't know how to use the program that's on my computer and the one that I know got lost when I reformatted.Sorry Ok here's a better fitting picture.

 

[qwiksilver360]

looks like an isopod not a good thing they are parasites

 

[aarone]

Isopods are not parasites. There are parasitic copepods, amphipods and isopods. Not all are parasitic. But if you are pulling these off of your fish then that one is definately parasitic.
aaron

 

[myescape0]

I also have bunches of them on my filter cloths when I take them out to change them.(skilter 400)I think they are coming from some rock we brought home from the beach.My husband thought that because he found the rock on the beach out of the water all day that nothing could possibly be alive.WRONG, I think.A friend got some out of his tank also.These things seem to be clear w/ a black midsection.They resemble them rolly poly bugs.Gosh I wish I could find my acd see photo program so I could fix the other pics of it.

 

[bang guy]

I bumped up a "Bug of the Week" thread about Cirolanid Isopods for you. I suggest you read it. You are in a real pickle without any known easy escape route.
Guy

 

[aarone]

oh so it is the dreaded cirolanid??
That sux...
aaron

 

[eric4usa]

Are these Florida / Florida live rock specific?
Wondering if persons such as myself need to worry about getting these guys (I just added some Lalo live rock)
I hear they're like something out of a science fiction movie, lightning quick killing machines

 

[aarone]

check out bangs bug of the week, its old but still informative.
aaron

 

[myescape0]

Originally posted by eric4usa
Are these Florida / Florida live rock specific?
Wondering if persons such as myself need to worry about getting these guys (I just added some Lalo live rock)
I hear they're like something out of a science fiction movie, lightning quick killing machines
My husband brought the rock home from Peanut Island,Port of Palm Beach.He thought that because they were out of the water all day that they'd be "pest" free.

 

[myescape0]

Originally posted by Bang Guy
I bumped up a "Bug of the Week" thread about Cirolanid Isopods for you. I suggest you read it. You are in a real pickle without any known easy escape route.
Guy
Where do I find your thread on these critters?
They're only in my hospital tank so far.

 

[bang guy]

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