Cirolanid Isopods
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sharkbait9
Active Member
Originally Posted by MichaelTX
I know this isnt what you have but it will show you the divesity of these guys and size differences that occur.
Mike
i would crap my wet suit and die of heart failure if i ever saw that underwater
or i would look like jesus and walk......eer wait run on water
I know this isnt what you have but it will show you the divesity of these guys and size differences that occur.
Mike
i would crap my wet suit and die of heart failure if i ever saw that underwater
or i would look like jesus and walk......eer wait run on water
T
tiberius
Guest
Originally Posted by theappe3
well I caught a few tonight of different sizes using a turkey baster. Couple of questions (btw still trying to identify what the heck I have)
What are the differences between a cirolanid and aegid isopod.
When people say roll up... exactly how much is roll up. Like a total ball or just bending more or less....
The ones that I had rolled up like an outdoor pill bug does. A cute little ball!
Someone else on here found one and posted the problem. Maybe do a search. They caught it at the corner of their tank.
Glad you are catching them. But, I suppose you can put it in a bowl and put some seaweed in there and see if it goes to eat it. Might just be algae eaters you have.
I was going to ask... Did you recently buy some live stock and found these guys later. Just wondering what you bought to get them. I bought copepods and had mine in there.
well I caught a few tonight of different sizes using a turkey baster. Couple of questions (btw still trying to identify what the heck I have)
What are the differences between a cirolanid and aegid isopod.
When people say roll up... exactly how much is roll up. Like a total ball or just bending more or less....
The ones that I had rolled up like an outdoor pill bug does. A cute little ball!
Someone else on here found one and posted the problem. Maybe do a search. They caught it at the corner of their tank.
Glad you are catching them. But, I suppose you can put it in a bowl and put some seaweed in there and see if it goes to eat it. Might just be algae eaters you have.
I was going to ask... Did you recently buy some live stock and found these guys later. Just wondering what you bought to get them. I bought copepods and had mine in there.
bang guy
Moderator
Originally Posted by sharkbait9
i would crap my wet suit and die of heart failure if i ever saw that underwater
or i would look like jesus and walk......eer wait run on water
I can get worse with some species. Let's just say, some of them need meat and they don't care if it's mammal or fish..
i would crap my wet suit and die of heart failure if i ever saw that underwater
or i would look like jesus and walk......eer wait run on water
I can get worse with some species. Let's just say, some of them need meat and they don't care if it's mammal or fish..
T
tiberius
Guest
Originally Posted by renogaw
someone needs to find that pic of the isopod inside the fish's mouth...
I guess I am that someone!
someone needs to find that pic of the isopod inside the fish's mouth...
I guess I am that someone!
seamandrew
Member
so is this something we should expect to find in live rock, in commercial copepod stock or what? Does anyone know how they're getting into people's homes? Is it because people are putting things they find at the beach in their tanks? What's the source! I don't want one of these in my tank!
T
tiberius
Guest
Originally Posted by seamandrew
so is this something we should expect to find in live rock, in commercial copepod stock or what? Does anyone know how they're getting into people's homes? Is it because people are putting things they find at the beach in their tanks? What's the source! I don't want one of these in my tank!
That is why I refused to put those amphipods I was finding at the beach in my DT. I just kept them in the 10 galllon for the mandarin to eat.
They do have dips that you can use for corals when you buy them in the store.
But, I don't know if this guy got them in there from a fish he bought or from coral.
I did find out that these are common in the Gulf of California.
http://members.olfiles.com/floyd/parasite/
http://www.sciencemadecool.com/2006/..._parasite.html
so is this something we should expect to find in live rock, in commercial copepod stock or what? Does anyone know how they're getting into people's homes? Is it because people are putting things they find at the beach in their tanks? What's the source! I don't want one of these in my tank!
That is why I refused to put those amphipods I was finding at the beach in my DT. I just kept them in the 10 galllon for the mandarin to eat.
They do have dips that you can use for corals when you buy them in the store.
But, I don't know if this guy got them in there from a fish he bought or from coral.
I did find out that these are common in the Gulf of California.
http://members.olfiles.com/floyd/parasite/
http://www.sciencemadecool.com/2006/..._parasite.html
theappe3
Member
Well... I guess this is good time for an update....
Every since I found the Isopods.. Ive been easily removing them with my turkey baster.... no I dont do this regularly and its every once in a while.
Do you think that if they would be cirolanid's that they would have latched on to one of my fishes already? Its been almost a month since their discovery.
Every since I found the Isopods.. Ive been easily removing them with my turkey baster.... no I dont do this regularly and its every once in a while.
Do you think that if they would be cirolanid's that they would have latched on to one of my fishes already? Its been almost a month since their discovery.
steeliathunder
Member
das isopod 
boo.
good question theappe3, although i only have seen the one and disposed of it, none of my other fish have picked up any. but they dont really squeeze under rocks and hang out there either.
how long until the tank is "safe"?
also-- the one i caught did not roll up.
boo.
good question theappe3, although i only have seen the one and disposed of it, none of my other fish have picked up any. but they dont really squeeze under rocks and hang out there either.
how long until the tank is "safe"?
also-- the one i caught did not roll up.
perfectdark
Active Member
Originally Posted by Shrimpi
i found this in my tank...
j/k obviously
heres a reference on those critters
HOLY CRAP !!! That thing is freaky...
i found this in my tank...
j/k obviously
heres a reference on those critters
HOLY CRAP !!! That thing is freaky...
perfectdark
Active Member
Originally Posted by Tiberius
I guess I am that someone!
COME ON>> Are you serious?.. what the hell is it doing in there. It looks like its plotting to take over the world.. This is somthing out of the Men in Black movie... WOW.
I guess I am that someone!
COME ON>> Are you serious?.. what the hell is it doing in there. It looks like its plotting to take over the world.. This is somthing out of the Men in Black movie... WOW.