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04/06/2007, 08:22 PM | #1 |
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Unknown creature! Please help!
I got 5 lyretail anthias 2 weeks ago from the Doc's. They have been in qt tank since then. 1 had a small black bump on its back, looked like a bruise not a parasite. It got a little better over the week then was gone about 5 days ago and instead the skin looked a little raw and fleshy. It was almost totally healed 2 days later and looked fine for the last 2 days. This whole time she ate and was very active. I checked the qt daily and saw no signs of life but the anthias.
I just put the anthias in my display and was draining my qt and saw little bugs. They were just at the top of the water line. They are against the glass and completely clear, much smaller than pods. Ive seen pics of about every pod imaginable and these ARENT pods, at least none ive ever seen. They are tiny, only really seen with magnifying glass. They almost look like tiny termites. 3 sections to them but the last is just a bright white bulb or circle not translucent like the rest of the body. The qt tank is COMPLETELY bare except for a small pvc tube and the fish so i dont know where any hitchhikers could have come from??? What are these? Is this some sort of parasite that is related to the bump on the anthias? Did i just put them in my display????? PLEASE HELP! |
04/06/2007, 08:30 PM | #2 |
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Bump for you!
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04/06/2007, 08:54 PM | #3 |
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If these are what I think they are I've had them to. They are extremely small white bugs. I had hundreds in my tank crawling on the glass for about 2 days then there were gone. They are harmless and don't show up that often. I have heard that mandarins are known to eat them. Hope this helps.
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04/06/2007, 09:05 PM | #4 |
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Ive seen a million and 1 pods and these dont look like pods. Would pods even appear in a qt with just fish?
These look more like a termite. They have a head and middle section, both translucent. The end section is white, not translucent and like a bubble. Very similar to an ant Never seen anything like them in my tank or online. My worry is they are some parasite related to the bump on the anthias. |
04/06/2007, 09:53 PM | #5 |
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Maybe Isopods?
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04/06/2007, 10:40 PM | #6 |
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I hope so but ive never seen a pic that looked anything like these
Coupled with the possible problem with the anthias, it has me worried. It didnt look like a parasite on the anthias but it did seem like whatever it was fell off and left a small wound that healed quickly. |
04/06/2007, 10:58 PM | #7 |
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Not all 'pods' are good 'pods'. Some are predatory, like some of the isopods.
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04/06/2007, 11:00 PM | #8 |
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Could be small copepods. Try a google image search.
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04/07/2007, 09:07 AM | #9 |
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I tried a google search for half the night and couldnt find anything that looked similar Hopefully, they are just a kind i havent seen before that are ok.
Has anyone ever heard of a fish parasite that could have "hatched" and made these? The anthias did have a long, white, stringy poop last night which i believe is a sign of an internal parasite. |
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