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Isopod's not copopods.....Isopods can kill a fish...I just read that in another thread....

 

I am only going by what I read in other threads..I will find it and post the link here....

 

there to small to tell what kind of pod they are...

 

All I need to know is the answer to the question at the start of the thread...thnx

 

Well....I did a little surfing on this one and came up with the following. Yes and no. More no than yes. Some will eat Isopods....more will eat amphipods and all prefer copepods (specifically harpacticoid copepods). Now. I have absolutely NO experience with this. I am just read-repeating here.

 

I would try to get a positive ID on exactly what you have. I was just throwing the parasitic iso's out as a possibility on the last thread, going by your description and past experience. I wouldn't worry about anything too much until you are sure. Maybe see if you can't trap them and take them to an LFS, or possibly look into local reef clubs and see if someone will stop by and check them out for you. I know how hard it is to get a shot of them without specialized equipment.

 

Thank you very much John and PackLeader. To trap them all I have to do is turn on the light and dip a jar in and I have a jar full. This tank is swarming with them when the lights are on the whole tank is lightly cloudy under a magnifying glass from the amount I have...I will go tomorrow to the Cherokee Shop and see if I can get another picture taken. And for the other member here there are parasitic Isopod's. I will locate the pdf again and give you the link it is some very interesting reading. They fix themselves on the sides of the fish and also on the gill's causing breathing problem's and sometimes death. You will like the pdf it is good reading....

 

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