Pest id?!

Tristan · May 27, 2016

what is this? I saw this molt on my sand bed and it kind of looks like it's from a isopod or something

Tahoe61 · May 27, 2016

Do you have an open top tank? Almost looks like the remains of an insect.

Tristan · May 28, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
Do you have an open top tank? Almost looks like the remains of an insect.

Yeah. It doesn't look like a fly though. Antennae are red and longer than a fly's would be

Tahoe61 · May 28, 2016

Looks like a cricket to me, there are a lot of insects that can and do make it into aquariums.

Do you have any shrimp?

Tristan · May 28, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
Looks like a cricket to me, there are a lot of insects that can and do make into aquariums.

Do you have any shrimp?

No shrimp in the tank. At first i thought it was part of a mantis shrimp molt but I started with all dry rock and dipped all of my corals.

Lionfish Lair · May 28, 2016

I have to agree it looks terrestrial. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that has a noggin that big. Ew.

Tristan · May 28, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
I have to agree it looks terrestrial. I can't think of anything off the top of my head that has a noggin that big. Ew.

I was Also thinking maybe eunicid worm molt I guess. It just creeps me out though to thing something with that creepy head is crawling around my house. And it's not in one of my tanks.

Tahoe61 · May 28, 2016

Based on the size of the palys or zonathid located next to the unknown, that would be one big isopod to come in on a frags. Have you seen any isopods on your fish? Just not sure, I know there are parasitic isopods but I would think you would notice that. In the wild they can be in the oral cavity but I would think that would be apparent as well.

Hmm just not sure.

Tristan · May 28, 2016

Tahoe61 said:
Based on the size of the palys or zonathid located next to the unknown, that would be one big isopod to come in on a frags. Have you seen any isopods on your fish? Just not sure, I know there are parasite isopods but I would think you would notice that. In the wild they can be in the oral cavity but I would think that would be apparent as well.

Hmm just not sure.

No fish or shrimp. Only corals and snails and macro.

Lionfish Lair · May 28, 2016

There's only two antennae and they seem pretty stiff, so I don't think it's a eunice. Most aquatics critters don't have antennae that would be that long and that stiff. There's just something about it that doesn't look right.

That's just plain ole nasty. I think you should just torch the tank and move.

Lionfish Lair · May 28, 2016

Reach in and remove it,

Tahoe61 · May 28, 2016

If it's still in the same spot pull it and take an image, perhaps that will put you more at ease.

Tristan · May 28, 2016

Lionfish Lair said:
There's only two antennae and they seem pretty stiff, so I don't think it's a eunice. Most aquatics critters don't have antennae that would be that long and that stiff. There's just something about it that doesn't look right.

That's just plain ole nasty. I think you should just torch the tank and move.

I literally just set up the tank