Please Help!!!
- Thread starter wattsd
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Those pictures pretty much confirm that those are cirolanid isopods, the bad guys. Good lock on your trap, but from all I've heard and read they dont have much success.
Yeah the trap didn't work. Not sure what I am going to do about them. I have a long nose hawkfish that seems to stay up late and occasionally gets one of them.
I haven't seen any attacking the fish but I don't watch it all night either.
Anyone heard of anything which targets just these isopods either chemical or natural? I do not have the equipment, or the room, to setup another tank for 6 months. I suppose I could see if my LFS would take my fish but a tank without fish is like no tank at all in my opinion.
any suggestions?
I haven't seen any attacking the fish but I don't watch it all night either.
Anyone heard of anything which targets just these isopods either chemical or natural? I do not have the equipment, or the room, to setup another tank for 6 months. I suppose I could see if my LFS would take my fish but a tank without fish is like no tank at all in my opinion.
any suggestions?
wattsd, the option of having your lfs keep them for a while is better than having a tank where all your fish have died, isn't it? I haven't read up on these critters like you have, but i'd expect that they have a life cycle, just like all our other bad critters (ich, etc.). Don't give them any food, they die off, then you can have your tank & your fish also!
good luck!
good luck!
Saltyc, the problem with taking them to my LFS is the fact that there are only three in my area and they all used to own the same store years ago. Needless to say they didn't seperate on good terms. One of them I do not have a good "relationship" with. Another openly expresses her discontent with customers which shop from one of the other LFS. And the final one i'm sure can be considered "fish hell" (overstocked, dirty tanks). I wish it was as easy of dropping them off for a month or two but unfortunately thats not the case.
Anyone heard of using a dogs heartworm medication to nuke these things? I was reading at another online forum that someone "allegedly" removed all their hermits and crabs and nuked the tank with the medicine (Milbenycine oxime) to clear up their infestation.
Didn't see any of them last night. Maybe my savior is my hawkfish who is constantly on the look out even after dark.
Anyone heard of using a dogs heartworm medication to nuke these things? I was reading at another online forum that someone "allegedly" removed all their hermits and crabs and nuked the tank with the medicine (Milbenycine oxime) to clear up their infestation.
Didn't see any of them last night. Maybe my savior is my hawkfish who is constantly on the look out even after dark.
