how do I identify "new" Critters

thomasp123 · 09/29/2008, 06:51 AM

how do I identify "new" Critters that appear im my tank

I have just witnessed a small white organism which is about 1/2 cm long with two black eyes and a tail like bird feathers. It swims very fast for its size and like to sit on the back glass. Its swim like a house fly flies.

Tom

an411 · 09/29/2008, 07:52 AM

Take a pic if you can or check this page out http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

FBNitro · 09/29/2008, 08:34 AM

hopefully it's not this guy:

Here's the little write up on them, lots of stories out in the Net:
http://www.melevsreef.com/id/cirolanid_isopod.html

thomasp123 · 09/29/2008, 09:27 AM

Well that is it! how do you get rid of them? I have only seen it on the glass twice and never on the two clown fish that I have.

Tom

FBNitro · 09/30/2008, 08:32 AM

I've never had them, the only methods I've heard for removal involve a fishless tank. Maybe you should post a new question on how to get rid of them, now that you know what they are. Most people wouldn't look at the posting with the title it has.

09/29/2008, 06:51 AM	#1
thomasp123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hadley MA Posts: 345	how do I identify "new" Critters how do I identify "new" Critters that appear im my tank I have just witnessed a small white organism which is about 1/2 cm long with two black eyes and a tail like bird feathers. It swims very fast for its size and like to sit on the back glass. Its swim like a house fly flies. Tom

09/29/2008, 07:52 AM	#2
an411 Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Derby CT Posts: 2,861	Take a pic if you can or check this page out http://www.melevsreef.com/id/

09/29/2008, 08:34 AM	#3
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	hopefully it's not this guy: Here's the little write up on them, lots of stories out in the Net: http://www.melevsreef.com/id/cirolanid_isopod.html

09/29/2008, 09:27 AM	#4
thomasp123 Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Hadley MA Posts: 345	Well that is it! how do you get rid of them? I have only seen it on the glass twice and never on the two clown fish that I have. Tom

09/30/2008, 08:32 AM	#5
FBNitro Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada Posts: 641	I've never had them, the only methods I've heard for removal involve a fishless tank. Maybe you should post a new question on how to get rid of them, now that you know what they are. Most people wouldn't look at the posting with the title it has.