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Aquattro · #21 03-27-2005, 08:21 AM

nope. The white sand flea things are amphipods, a good thing to have. They run around at night eating "left-overs" .

Beverly · #22 03-27-2005, 01:57 PM

Hope your hunting expaditions are fruitful

Aquattro · #23 03-27-2005, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Beverly

Hope your hunting expaditions are fruitful

Well, I'm at 8 captured isopods as of last night. My concern is that several were very tiny, menaing their might be 20 to 30 more if it's a newly hatched batch. I'll keep hunting until the trap stays empty for a week.

The good side is I haven't seen any larger ones on the fish for 24+ hours!

Beverly · #24 03-27-2005, 09:13 PM

20 or 30? I'm guessing 100 or 200

Hope I'm wrong.

StirCrazy · #25 03-27-2005, 11:14 PM

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Originally Posted by reef_raf

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Originally Posted by Beverly

Hope your hunting expaditions are fruitful

Well, I'm at 8 captured isopods as of last night. My concern is that several were very tiny, menaing their might be 20 to 30 more if it's a newly hatched batch. I'll keep hunting until the trap stays empty for a week.

The good side is I haven't seen any larger ones on the fish for 24+ hours!

are the fish in there? looks like 6 weeks they will die with out food.

Steve

Beverly · #26 03-27-2005, 11:23 PM

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy

are the fish in there? looks like 6 weeks they will die with out food.

Several months ago, we found some isopods in our 72g when it was set up. Didn't know what they were and did a whole whack of research at the time. Turned out they were scavengers and not at all harmful to fish.

Anyway, during my research, I read about parasitic isopods. If I understood correctly (and don't have the pages to support this, dang), some parasitic isopods are very adaptable and will scavenge in the absence of fish. If there is enough crud to eat, they can be in a system for months and freaking months without fish

Brad, I truly hope you are able to capture all the bad guys from your new tank

Aquattro · #27 03-28-2005, 03:54 AM

Steve, yes, the fish are inthere. I read that it can take 2 to 3 months minimum to starve them, and even then they may still be around. I also read tha tthe average brood pouch contained 20 to 30 young, so that's a trappable number, me thinks.
I'm doing well with my trap, although the late hours might wear me down!