I was attacked in my own tank!!

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tizzo

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OK, I'm a little dramatic, but you shoulda seen it! I'm placing a coral that I had taken out to feed, back into the tank. I feel it the moment it hits me!! I look and see the nasty little creature but I don't panic.

I grab a spoon, calmly hand it to my hubby and tell him to scrape it off but don't kill it!
Here's the damage...

Then I wiped the blood for a shot of the gaping hole in my arm!!
 
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tizzo

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And here's the nasty little creature himself!
I hate these things. If I had a phobia this woulda been it!
This my friends is the baaaad cirolanid isopod! And how it got into MY tank is beyond me!!
 
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tizzo

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See the dark spot in the middle? That's my blood! Stupid thing. I'm STILL mad!
 
bioneck47

bioneck47

Member
Wow! Do they just attack out of no where like that? Do they harm other fish? Kinda scary, I'm afraid to even put my hand in my tank now!
 
marvin willis

marvin willis

Member
Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2676158
And here's the nasty little creature himself!
I hate these things. If I had a phobia this woulda been it!
This my friends is the baaaad cirolanid isopod! And how it got into MY tank is beyond me!!

time to get some elbow high gloves
 
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markeo99

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wow I always wanted to go scuba diving before I died but these things get a foot long or bigger I'm having second thoughts they could rip your arm off look at the hole that little bugger left
 
marvin willis

marvin willis

Member
Originally Posted by markeo99
http:///forum/post/2676219
wow I always wanted to go scuba diving before I died but these things get a foot long or bigger I'm having second thoughts they could rip your arm off look at the hole that little bugger left
woah
 
siline

siline

Member
Originally Posted by Marvin Willis
http:///forum/post/2676205
time to get some elbow high gloves

In his case, elbow-high gloves, wouldn't made a difference...
the bite, was mid arm so, the gloves would have been 6-8 inches distal.
But, nice try...
 
siline

siline

Member
Originally Posted by Marvin Willis
http:///forum/post/2676205
time to get some elbow high gloves

In his case, elbow-high gloves, wouldn't made a difference...
the bite, was mid arm so, the gloves would have been 6-8 inches distal (short)...
But, nice try...
 
paintballer768

paintballer768

Active Member
Theyve probably been in there since you added your LR. Check your fish for these buggers. They could even be in their mouths as back as far as the gill plate.
For those of you who have never seen these before, its a type of isopod (similar to a copepod) that is a parasite. Usually feeding on fish, it will bite us too. They can actually grow to be about a foot long in the wild, but chances of one that large being in our tanks is very slim. Im guessing it would have to come in on a load of LR that size.
 
siline

siline

Member
Originally Posted by Marvin Willis
http:///forum/post/2676205
time to get some elbow high gloves

In his case, elbow-high gloves, wouldn't made a difference...
the bite, was mid arm so, the gloves would have been 6-8 inches distal (short)...
But, nice try...
 
fishygurl

fishygurl

Active Member
Originally Posted by paintballer768
http:///forum/post/2676249
Theyve probably been in there since you added your LR. Check your fish for these buggers. They could even be in their mouths as back as far as the gill plate.
For those of you who have never seen these before, its a type of isopod (similar to a copepod) that is a parasite. Usually feeding on fish, it will bite us too. They can actually grow to be about a foot long in the wild, but chances of one that large being in our tanks is very slim. Im guessing it would have to come in on a load of LR that size.
umm i dont think a isopod of 12 inches would ever get in our tanks if you look at your rock at all.. lol thats like the size of my dogs.. it would like kill em!!! omg that would be the scariest thing ever to come down and see!!! im gonna have nightmares now! lol
 
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tizzo

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OK the actual isopod was iddy biddy! About 1/3 inch or so.
My tank has been fishless for 5 weeks now, but I still feed my corals. A couple of corals I remove from the tank to feed.
As I was placing one of them back, about 20 inches down, I feel it latch on! It felt like...a mosquito bite I think. He was between my elbow and shoulder on the back of my arm.
I saw him and the first thing I thought was an angry amphipod. But the bite pain was getting worse. So I got down off the chair, and looked around for something to get it off with, that's when I found the spoon.
My hubby laughs at me cause he said I kept telling him, just take the spoon but don't kill it.
He didn't take the spoon cause he didn't know what I was talking about, and I couldn't turn to show him, til he took the spoon, lol.
He still panicked and the isopod ended up on the floor.

If you have a spider or snake phobia, you'd understand. Cause these guys give me the heebie jeebies.
But at the same time, I wanted pics, lol.
I have looked for more, but short of sticking my arm in the tank, I don't know if I'll find them.
My fish were all due to go back intot he tank in a week. Looks like that may not happen now.
 
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