Alien Creature... - Page 2

omard · 06-22-2008, 08:13 PM

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Originally Posted by geekdafied

Isopod, the nasty kind. Thats the kind that attacks fish. Thats also a baby one, the adults can get over 2 feet.

2 feet!!!! - can just imagine finding one that big crawling around on living room floor one morning...

Found in sump...never have seen in main tank. Probably there also, but hopefully enough "pod eaters" to keep to minimum.

Again, thank God for wrasses...they really do take care of so many of those nuisance nasties...

mattgeezer · 06-22-2008, 08:18 PM

oh yeah so it is!!

mattgeezer · 06-22-2008, 08:22 PM

Geekdafied is right its an isopod .....karma to geek!!!

geekdafied · 06-22-2008, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by omard

2 feet!!!! - can just imagine finding one that big crawling around on living room floor one morning...

Found in sump...never have seen in main tank. Probably there also, but hopefully enough "pod eaters" to keep to minimum.

Again, thank God for wrasses...they really do take care of so many of those nuisance nasties...

didnt you add some fish recently? Could have been a hitch hiker...

omard · 06-22-2008, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by geekdafied

didnt you add some fish recently? Could have been a hitch hiker...

Think they come in riding on a fish? --- could be.

Added a Banded goby couple of months ago and a 12 line just recently.

Both got good Cu treated baths before going in tank...

But did relatively recently add a bunch of what I was pretty certain to be very dead rock to sump...stuff I picked up on beach in Bali. Has been sitting out in garage for ages....Maybe something "hibernating" in it....????

Who knows...

JohnO · 06-22-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by mattgeezer

Geekdafied is right its an isopod .....karma to geek!!!

I wonder if Mortein would work

John

Daniel072 · 06-23-2008, 01:26 AM

I just found a chiton in my tank about a month ago and I haven't added rock or anything in about a year so.......... who knows. these things can hide pretty well from us.

geekdafied · 06-23-2008, 01:48 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel072

I just found a chiton in my tank about a month ago and I haven't added rock or anything in about a year so.......... who knows. these things can hide pretty well from us.

Chittons and Limpets are slow growers, slow movers and have EXCELLENT camoflauge.

Daniel072 · 06-23-2008, 01:54 AM

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Originally Posted by geekdafied

Chittons and Limpets are slow growers, slow movers and have EXCELLENT camoflauge.

yeah mine lives in the front of the tank now, about 1/2 inch below sand surface. You can see him 24/7. He does come out and cruise at night

geekdafied · 06-23-2008, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Daniel072

yeah mine lives in the front of the tank now, about 1/2 inch below sand surface. You can see him 24/7. He does come out and cruise at night

I bet you have a lot more then you think you do. Where there is one, there are others.

06-22-2008, 08:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
mattgeezer Montipora Capricornis Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 32 Posts: 1,022 Skin: Mint Karma: 2741	oh yeah so it is!! _________ 4x24w T5ho 135ltr/35gal marine cube 15kg of liverock Mandarin Goby, Zoanthids(orange and yellow) Hammer coral , red and blue coralmorphs. Got Questions? Need Answers? Click Here to Search 3Reef.com's Database!

06-23-2008, 01:26 AM	#17 (permalink)
Daniel072 Tang Whisperer=) Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 2,140 Skin: Mint Karma: 16723	I just found a chiton in my tank about a month ago and I haven't added rock or anything in about a year so.......... who knows. these things can hide pretty well from us. _________ 150 gallon mixed reef, 2 x 400watt mh lighting. Flow comes from a mixture of koralias and seios. Fish - Purple tang, yellow tang, leutenant tang, flame hawk, purple stripe pseudochromis, pink spot watchman goby and green mandarin. Coral - ORA Red Planet, ORA Purple Cap, ORA Stuber Stag, ORA Joe the Coral, ORA Hawkins Echinata, ORA Orange Cap, ORA Bird of Paradise, Tyree LE Sunset Montipora, Superman Danae, ORA Green Birdsnest, Several Others

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06-22-2008, 08:22 PM	#13 (permalink)
mattgeezer Montipora Capricornis Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Sydney, Australia Age: 32 Posts: 1,022 Skin: Mint Karma: 2741	Geekdafied is right its an isopod .....karma to geek!!!