What the hell is this??

[mondavi]

I have been trying to treat my sick angle. He is going down hill. Did 2 Formalin bathes. However didnt see any improvement. So I tried a Fresh Water Dip. He did not take to well to it. Anyways I put him back in QT and when he was close to the glass I saw what look like I would say the size of mites maybe 10 of them crawling all around and they were real fast. What the heck could they be? Whatever they are Freshwater got them in a panic... Btw they are white. Put 2 ick dots side by side and thats about their size....

 

[harlequinnut]

Do a search in the reef tank forum or disease forum for "cirolanid isopod". I hope that's not what you got.

 

[mondavi]

All the pictures I saw of isopods they were big. These are very small. Maybe just baby ones. Well crap how can I tell if its them for sure?? Looks like my $400 angel will be dead tonight so maybe I can get a picture of these little guys. I have so many expensive fish in my main tank that if these are the problem I might just give up.

 

[harlequinnut]

Does it look like this?
http://www.guynterry.com/reef/critters/bad_pod.jpg

 

[mondavi]

Is that a super close-up? Otherwise they arent much biggier than 2-3 salt flakes side by side. Well as I type this and look back to see my fish dead. Just great.

 

[mondavi]

Well I put some bait in my tank {Sliverside} with all the lights off. An hour later I checked back to see about 10 of them on it. They are all very small. Its a 315gallon so god only knows how many there could be. I would think that I would have seen a big one guess I will keep looking.