will a cirolanid isopod stick to people?

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tizzo

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we are at the beach again and my son brings a rock to shore to investigate. We found some cerith snails, a crab, amphipods, and three cirolanid isopods!!!!
oh tonight when I get home you better believe I'm gonna get pics, but until then my kids are swimming. Should I look for pods on them when they come out?
I did notice that the pods and the crab keep fighting.
I'm gonna try to get a video if they are still alive when I get home.
 
reefkprz

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cirolanid isopods will absolutly attach themselves to people, check your kids over when they are done swimming in that area, though the kids will probably notice right away because the little buggers will start chewing immideatly and I'm told its quite painful.
 
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tizzo

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well this sucks. This is our favorite swimming spot. Well I'm glad these little suckers have stayed on the rocks.
I am watching them in the bucket and the 2 big ones keep grabbing and holding onto the little one.
did we know that they swim upsidedpwn? And they are lightning fast!
 
reefkprz

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not only are they lightening fast but some have been reputed to reach sizes in excess of a foot.
I would absolutly freak out if a one foot long isopod attacked me while I was swimming and started chewing away....
 
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tizzo

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Well, were back. I took some pics,
Not sure how good they'll turn out... They are uploading on photobucket now...





 
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tizzo

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I am trying to upload a video. They weren't continuously swimming so the video is kinda long and boring...
That littlest one was the most active. And looked the most like a rolly polly.
I tell you what theough, I will NEVER take rock from tampa bay w/o QTing first, LOL
 
fishygurl

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2557949
not only are they lightening fast but some have been reputed to reach sizes in excess of a foot.
I would absolutly freak out if a one foot long isopod attacked me while I was swimming and started chewing away....
OMG!!! at the moa by me there are ones that are like 6-10 inches long and around idk maybe 3-4 inches tall maybe? well anyways they were sooo creepy looking!!! i imagined a pod in a tank growing that big... but idk much about em wouldnt it take them a long time to reach that size?..and is it even possible to get that type in your tank?
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by FishyGurl
http:///forum/post/2559418
and is it even possible to get that type in your tank?
sure is, there are many reported cases of hobbyests getting nailed by the little buggers. its just not a super common occurance.
 
perfectdark

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WOW Tizz thats creepy and cool all at the same time. You can do a search here for Isopods and there are a few posts with real pics of the big guys. And there is even a post where someone on here had one on one of their fish. They posted for help on here with a really cool pic.
But finding a few in the ocean right where the kids are swimming??!!!
That would be insane...
 
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tizzo

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I think after I'm all done with my QT, I'm gonna go get some more and try to raise them. I figure, people do it with Mantis, I can do it with an isopod. If these are the same ones that get to be really big then I may hafta set up a tank and watch it. If not, then I won't bother...
3!!! On one rock! There may have been more, but I got grossed out after 3.
 
groupergenius

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Originally Posted by Tizzo
http:///forum/post/2563820
I think after I'm all done with my QT, I'm gonna go get some more and try to raise them. I figure, people do it with Mantis, I can do it with an isopod. If these are the same ones that get to be really big then I may hafta set up a tank and watch it. If not, then I won't bother...
3!!! On one rock! There may have been more, but I got grossed out after 3.
Been swimming in every kind of water down here since I was 3. Never had one of those attach to me.
 
bs21

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I was reading a thread on another site where a guy ordered all his live rock from a store in tampa, while the rock was awsome and had a plethora of hitch hiking corals etc.... he found a ton of those isopods. I wonder if they are that common in all areas where rock is collected or if there is something about the tampa area that causes them to be more prolific?
 
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tizzo

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Originally Posted by bs21
http:///forum/post/2563909
I was reading a thread on another site where a guy ordered all his live rock from a store in tampa, while the rock was awsome and had a plethora of hitch hiking corals etc.... he found a ton of those isopods. I wonder if they are that common in all areas where rock is collected or if there is something about the tampa area that causes them to be more prolific?

I don't know, but I have never seen one before the day I took these pics. I saw them here on the board, but never in real life!
I got most of my rock from this sight, and if this sight gets rck from TB, then I don't wanna know about it, lol!!
The first rock my son pulled out had these so I don't want TB rock!
I have no doubt that when I go back to get one as a pet, I will find one easily.
 
mckaax

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
http:///forum/post/2559434
sure is, there are many reported cases of hobbyests getting nailed by the little buggers. its just not a super common occurance.
Is it a bad thing if you do see a few in your tank? What is the best thing to do about them?
 
perfectdark

perfectdark

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Originally Posted by mckaax
http:///forum/post/2564324
Is it a bad thing if you do see a few in your tank? What is the best thing to do about them?
Unfortunatly they are capable of reproducing very rapidly. If you get them in your tank they can do some damage to your fish. They are parasites that use your fish as hosts to live off of. In some cases they can be very very difficult to get rid of. This is just from what I have read, I have no first hand knowledge of their behaviors.
 
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