Found them in my coral and invert qt. Never seen them before. And today I saw a handful and tried to catch them. They have. A bunch of legs and can swim around but prefer to walk on the racks and marine pure block.
Can someone ID these.
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kresDFW
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+1 for Isopod. Looks more like the Aegids and Cirolanids variety. From the pics I would think Aegid.
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They appeared rather suddenly. No fish in my coral/invert qt.
How do I deal with them. Do they replicate quickly?
They’ve been rather easy to catch with a coral feeder (Julian’s thing) just suck them up.
kresDFW
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Do they roll into balls when you remove them?
kresDFW
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As a general rule, the good isopods would roll into a ball. The bad ones do not. I would continue to manually remove them.
kresDFW
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I'd probably see what others have done that have encountered this issue. @Humblefish could wager in some advice.
Bob Loblaw
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Would need a better pic to say which species it is. Don't think it's a Cirolanid sp but the trap should still work if you want to remove them---- http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/bp/index.php
Scotty Buttons
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Looks like a molt.
This a fishless qt but I have snails hermits and 2 shrimp going through 76 day fallow qt. I do fit frozen, Reef roids, Reef energy and Reef frenzy from LRS. So I take it they can still survive without a fish host by scavenging?
BestMomEver
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I’m sorry I can’t help. There are folks here that can do that. I only posted to say “ewwwwwwwwwwww!” That’s a disgusting bug. Looks like a roach. Blech!;Dead
Bob Loblaw
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Good new is they aren't Cirolanids. The bad news is that those, imo, are Aegids and just as bad if not worse than Cirolanids. You don't want them in your DT!!!!! I'm not certain but suspect they can survive on meaty frozen foods such as LRS. I'd put a piece of LRS in the jar with them and see if they feed on it.
Thanks for looking. I did the handling test and they did not roll into a ball. I will do a meaty flesh test. How do they replicate? And how do I break their lifecycle. It’s in my coral qt so I can keep catching them. Not sure if that’s going to get rid of them if they can reproduce quickly.
I have a dozen caught so I can put something in there to check their response.
Bob Loblaw
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They reproduce sexually, female carries a brood pouch. 2-3 months with no food and they should starve themselves out.
