zakurie Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 I bought a yellow watchman goby as my first fish in my nano. Went to see the Incredibles (great movie!!) and comae home to see an isopod on the goby. After a challenging and stressful (for me and the goby) 20 minutes, I removed the isopod. The goby seems to be doing great. And no more signs of isopods. Link to comment
Neon Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Great choice keep an eye on him Link to comment
stevenp Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 I thought Isopods were a good thing... Link to comment
mik Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 amphipods and copods=good isopods=bad Link to comment
stevenp Posted November 7, 2004 Share Posted November 7, 2004 Hmmm, I do remember reading that a while back. Still new to this and have been thinking *pod = good. Steve Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 yeah, isopods are vicious sometimes. How'd you get it out? I'd be terrified to try to get my fish out of my live rock. Link to comment
zakurie Posted November 8, 2004 Author Share Posted November 8, 2004 It was a task. I had to get the goby out of my tank and into a clean tupperware with some salt water. Then I put the goby into another clean tupper ware with very little water so that I could get it out of the water long enough (like one or two seconds at a time) to get the ispod off with tweezers. I don't know who was more scared...me or the goby. After awhile, I got a good pinch on the isopod and it let go. Link to comment
holyherbiness Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 wow nice. My royal gramma would not let itself be caught. I created too many holes and crevices into my aquarium . If it becomes diseased, I'd have to let it sit it out, or die. Rather spend another 15 bucks than dismantle my whole aquarium to catch it heh Link to comment
jmt Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 You could've just done a freshwater dip... Link to comment
zakurie Posted November 8, 2004 Author Share Posted November 8, 2004 I was scared about putting the fish in freshwater. How long of a dip can a fish survive? Link to comment
RegalFlush17 Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Dips can be from 2-10 minutes long. This depends on the behavior of the fish. If it starts to show extreme stress or starts to keel over then you should end the dip immediately. Goodluck. Link to comment
Cameron Posted November 8, 2004 Share Posted November 8, 2004 Freshwater dips are extremely stressful on a fish and some species of fish won't even survive more than a few seconds in freshwater. You usually have better success removing those types of parasites with tweezers like you did. Good Job. Link to comment
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