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dragonfly2962

dragonfly2962

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I have a hich hicker on my green mandrin.. it has eyes and small spikes on rearend. I have had this mandy since it was about an inch and a half and now she is about four inchs long with a pot belly and it would just kill me to loose her I have spoiled her rottin by feeding her all the best, copepods artic pods reef bugs, roofers and any other type bugs that are good for mandrins, scooter blenies and that type fish. Please help!!!!

 
michaeltx

michaeltx

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cant really tell but is that attached to the fish?
if it is its probably a paraitsc isopod that feeds on fish I cant remember the name of cirinoid or somehing think that and will eventually kill the fish in your tank,.
do a search for isopods and it should bring up some more info and pics of them to compare.
Mike
 
michaeltx

michaeltx

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thats it you beat me to it had to go back and find the artical by bang LOL
I hope that not what you have though nasty little buggers.
Mike
 
zman1

zman1

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Found one of the articles not the exact one I read before but similar techniques.
Google - "The Great Cirolanid Hunt"
 
dragonfly2962

dragonfly2962

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Originally Posted by dragonfly2962
I have a hich hicker on my green mandrin.. it has eyes and small spikes on rearend. I have had this mandy since it was about an inch and a half and now she is about four inchs long with a pot belly and it would just kill me to loose her I have spoiled her rottin by feeding her all the best, copepods artic pods reef bugs, roofers and any other type bugs that are good for mandrins, scooter blenies and that type fish. Please help!!!!

I finally caught her and got it off, it wasn't attched to deep, it came off rather easily.. Isure hopr that is all I se of those darn little creatures. I thought the brissle worms were bad enough,but at least with them youset your trap evry so often and catch afew and feel good. I set mine at least once a week and last week I casught 4 in one spot, then moved it to another spot over noght and caught2 more. Caught one when I took one piece of live rock out of the tank and when I went to put it back one was crawling across the top of the rock, what an easy catch. but is there a trap for these isopods? doubt it huh?
 
zman1

zman1

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Originally Posted by zman1
There is a article in one of the online magazines that talks about how to capture and reduce populations of them - it was a study

Originally Posted by dragonfly2962
but is there a trap for these isopods? doubt it huh?
Here they list a few
Originally Posted by zman1
Found one of the articles not the exact one I read before but similar techniques.
Google - "The Great Cirolanid Hunt"
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Without a doubt a cirolanid...and there are few parasite diagnoses that would be worse, IMO. Perhaps hope you only had one, but...
Bristle worms, BTW, are nearly all harmless and beneficial creatures to have in a tank.
I think Bang Guy does a good review of cirolanids.
 
d.w.

d.w.

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Sorry to thread jack, but can you avoid getting these by QT'ing everything you put in your tank? or Do they usually come in on your live rock? Are there no inverts that eat these? Scary!
 
j.p

j.p

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Originally Posted by dragonfly2962
I have a hich hicker on my green mandrin.. it has eyes and small spikes on rearend. I have had this mandy since it was about an inch and a half and now she is about four inchs long with a pot belly and it would just kill me to loose her I have spoiled her rottin by feeding her all the best, copepods artic pods reef bugs, roofers and any other type bugs that are good for mandrins, scooter blenies and that type fish. Please help!!!!

i had one on my firefish i got it off but it died the next day =[
 
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