drunkenmonk21 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 I have been seeing this guy swimming the tank at night, and finally got a pic of it. This thing is a very fast swimmer and only comes out at night. I have been looking and looking for an ID on the web just cant seem to match it up to anything. It has what looks like a shrimp tail and has many legs, hard to tell how many. Here it is: Link to comment
yoshii Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Looks like one of those bigger creepy isopods Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 He is an inch long forgot to add that Link to comment
tyborbogdan Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 but seriously, looks like a sand crab, saw lots of them washed up on the beaches in oregon. Think its a type of isopod Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 too flat for a sand crab. I think isopod is a lot closer. Oh, most of the large isopods, especially good swimming ones with large eyes, are parasitic. Link to comment
altolamprologus Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Evil parasitic isopod. Watch out when you put your hands in the tank, they latch on really quick!! Remove it before you put fish in there. Link to comment
mbarton2010 Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 i had one attach to my clown one time. kill it! Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted September 1, 2011 Author Share Posted September 1, 2011 Need to figure out how to catch it, its fast as hell. Maybe a bottle idk Link to comment
drunkenmonk21 Posted September 9, 2011 Author Share Posted September 9, 2011 Well i caught this little sob, forgot to take a pic but I threw him in my 10g no fish in there. I Couldnt bring myself to kill the little guy. He has really grey eyes not black beady soul stealing eyes like the other pics of isopods ive seen. It did not bother any fish, in fact it just swam right past them plenty of times. Not sure if it is a parasitic isopod or not but didnt want to chance it. Link to comment
mndfreeze Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Chances are it hosts certain types or sizes of fish. You might not have a large enough fish for it to get into its gills and attach. Link to comment
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