Strange Anthias MIA occurrence?

OK, last night my moonlights didn't come on because I unplugged them by accident and failed to plug them back in. My tank is funny in that my fish are aclimented to 24 hours of light so when I have a blackout I seem to always have a fish get killed by the crabs or something well, here's one for the books. I noticed that one of my orange anthias was missing this morning before I fed them. When I put the food in she appeared with something attached to the top part of her body. I took a picture of her. Can anyone explain what it could be? Is it a snail or an infection or what?

 

Looks like a parasitic isopod.

 

I agree i havent any experance with them personaly But this link should help you out..it looks kinda like a underwater Tick of some sort.. Eather way it gave me the Heebeegeebbeee's..!!


Link:Pills, Parasites, and Predators; Isopods in the Reef Aquarium by Ronald L. Shimek, Ph.D. - Reefkeeping.com

P.s hope this helps.

 

I'm moving my inhabitants into their new tank and I will get this thing off the fish.

 

I hope all goes well for ya..!!

 

yes i agree, ewwwwww

 

Will you be leaving the rock and sand in their existing tank? I ask because if there are more isopods in your tank, you run the risk of putting them in the new tank by transferring rock/sand from the old one.

 

I am not sayin you didnt or being mean here.. But in the link i posted if i read it correctly and thats a positve Id.. There is some cure and tank treatment methods in the link.. I hope its a simple cure and nothing to evasive....


Good Luck...

 

I am putting the rock in my new tank and seeding the new tank with some of the sand. I will rinse off the rock first. Is there anything I can dose into the rinsing tub that would help?

 

From what I've read, the only way to rid yourself of these pests, assuming you have more in the tank, is to leave the tank that they're in fishless for a period of time. This will starve them to death. I can't recall how long you have to leave the tank fishless though. You might want to do some research before you transfer the rock into the new tank. I don't think that simply rinsing them will solve the problem if you have more of these critters in your tank. Let me search around for some info that might help you.