NO Thank You!

[Shep]

Just saw this video and well....I just leave this here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg3IRJz6jZk

 

[Reefing Madness]

Holy crap batman!!!

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Ewww!! That's gross and creepy!!

 

[glb]

What is that???

 

[redfishbluefish]

What is that???

Well not all isopods are the happy little creatures we have in our tanks. I'm pretty sure this video is of a Cymothoa exigua....a parasite isopod that attaches to a fish mouth.....pretty gross!

 

[hybridazn]

Thing is nuts. I've seen pics and I always check the mouths of my fish when I can anymore lol

 

[Mike&Terry]

The isopod attaches to the base of the fishes tongue and causes it to atrophy. The bizarre part is that the fish is able to use the isopod like a normal tongue to eat...

 

[Shep]

I just didnt realize that they could get so big

 

[Humblefish]

A member of one of my local forums has had the displeasure of encountering a tongue eating isopod on a wrasse in QT (see pics below).







You have to admit, that one in the second pic is kinda cute.

 

[3Twinklets]

Ewe! And we are having fish for supper tonight.

 

[Shep]

Ewe! And we are having fish for supper tonight.

Lol you might be having crab too!

 

[mmotown]

Here's what it is: https://youtu.be/XBMK7C_HwI4

 

[143MPCo]

The search for ET, just needs to go deep, not out...lol
[video]https://youtu.be/oeSInrF_bo0[/video]