This guy dont look friendly

[Tuan’s Reef]

Lights out so I was hunting for bad guys. Caught a Pic of this guy . Will a bottle trap work ?

 

[Kerbash]

I think that might be be a copepod? If he is copepod, he is a firend

 

[Lavey29]

Maybe an amphipod

 

[jx.reef]

Picture isn’t very clear but I’m seeing big black eyes that look like a cirolanid isopod. It’s a parasite that attaches to fish.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Will it kill the fish?
Probably will be eaten by a fish more likely than it attaching itself to a fish. Not that fish don't have parasites like ur saying.
D

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Holy crap! Isopod? Depending on variety no bueno.

I have a few varieties of amphipods, that ain't no amphipod imho.

 

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Lights out so I was hunting for bad guys. Caught a Pic of this guy . Will a bottle trap work ?

You can net it or slurp it out with a turkey baster. I’ll email you an article about trapping, can’t seem to attach the link here.

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Almost got him last night. I think there's only one as it's the same one I've seen before. I have a wrasse inbound next week. Yellow banded possum wrasse. I also want a leopard wrasse as well. Should I get a cleaner wrasse to destroy these critters?

 

[shakacuz]

Almost got him last night. I think there's only one as it's the same one I've seen before. I have a wrasse inbound next week. Yellow banded possum wrasse. I also want a leopard wrasse as well. Should I get a cleaner wrasse to destroy these critters?

the YPW might go for it as it eats pods. elapsed might go for it too. no real guarantee

 

[ying yang]

Cleaner wrasse got super small mouths and that looks bigger than a cleaner wrasses actual mouth is,but pictures can be deceiving on size.
Look up Ciroland isopod and spaemathorie isopod.wait that's 100% not correct spelling lol

 

[ying yang]

How to tell the difference between "good" and "bad" Isopods (CIROLANID VERSES SPHAEROMATID ISOPODS)

CIROLANID VERSES SPHAEROMATID ISOPODS. When you know what your looking for, telling the difference between a Cirolanid (bad) versus a Sphaeromatid (good) becomes a lot easier. It's all in the eyes..... The eyes of the Cirolanid are generally closer together and towards the front of the head...

www.reef2reef.com

Here a id on them to tell apart,will leave my spelling in above post just for giggles lol

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

Cleaner wrasse got super small mouths and that looks bigger than a cleaner wrasses actual mouth is,but pictures can be deceiving on size.
Look up Ciroland isopod and spaemathorie isopod.wait that's 100% not correct spelling lol

yeah , you are right. the isopod is kinda big. I would say he's about half a cm. I will have to be creative or quick to catch it. Article link below

http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/bp/index.php

 

[ying yang]

What I remember about ciroland isopods is you need to manual remove them when see them and even read articles saying use a fish in tank for them to attach then catch fish and remove,but then see some isopods going in the gills and even some that eat the tongue and then become the fishes tongue itself so this method doesnt seem right to me.
But I also read even going fallow won't eradicate them as they can eat other things in the tank if no fishes.
Hopefully what you got is the isopod that I couldn't spell ha ha as these if remember correctly can be beneficial to the tank ( if its even an isopod you got.
But with thread I shared and article you shared ,sure there plenty info on trapping them one by one if needed.

Good luck

 

[Tuan’s Reef]

I have 8 days to catch this thing lol. I have fish coming from TSM Aquatics and dont want that thing around. Worse case this thing attaches to my fish and i net both out? Does it stay attached to the fish? according to the article the best method to catch the bigger ones is with a bottle trap. I will give that a try