Cleaned Aquarium. Copepods all over Tang.

[brent595]

I cleaned my aquarium today, and had thousand of Copepods on the glass. Now they are all over my Hippo. Is there any way I can get them off or will he be OK? They are even on his eyes. It just doesn't look comfortable, but he doesn't look like it bothers him any.
As I mentioned in an earlier post, I had two cleaner shrimp and one disappeared, but I still have the one left. Do you think the cleaner can take care of it, or should I try to catch the Tang and dip him in freshwater or something.

 

[a&m aggie 04']

no dont dip him in freshwater, are you sure they are copepods and not ich?

 

[nm reef]

I've never seen or heard of "copepods all over" any kind of fish. Sounds like a possible ich outbreak to me...I'd suggest a search for ich/ick and see if thats the source of your concern. If so then you'll have to consider several possible treatments...hypo salinity being the best option if the case is as bad as it sounds.
Does your fish appear to have salt spread over its body? Whitish looking spots that are rather small? I'd definitely look for information on ich and determine if thats the problem!

 

[sammystingray]

There are plenty of parasitic copepods that can even be life threatening......here's a google search....read away.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&i...asitic+copepod

 

[sammystingray]

BTW I would think a cleaner shrimp may help, but not sure. First, figure out exactly what they are.

 

[brent595]

From what I have read about ich, it doesn't sound like it. And he was clean as a whistle until I scraped the inside of the glass and got all the copepods stirred up. I haven't seen my cleaner on him, but whatever it is, I had a peppermint picking it off.
It looks like the same thing that is all over my glass, and the Tang eats whatever it is off the glass.
I hope it's not ick.