Chupakabra-King
04/27/2010, 07:37 AM
Hi all ,
Im not sure this is the right forum but since I "think" I have a fish predator in my tank and it is affecting the health of my fish , I thought I would post it here.
I recently bought a small 10lb order of live rock from TBS to add to my nano tank and a pice to my 40 breeder. When I pulled it out of the package I noticed some dead isopods ( and some still wriggling ) on the paper . I threw them away and added the rock to my nano that has no fish . I thought that since this tank is fishless that if they were in there Id be ok . Well I pulled a small piece of rock from my nano and put it in my 40 breeder and lo and behold my angel has a small contusion on its head , that wasnt there before I put the rock in. All the other fish are fine in the tank. I think I may have one lone isopod in the tank.
Anyway , I have heard that putting red meat on a string and hanging that in the tank at night and checking it before light on will catch them. Anybody have any luck with that method ? I also heard about trapping them with a coke bottle trap but how does the smell of the bait make it out of the bottle to entice the isopods ?
I will never buy TBS rock again , too much of a risk of isopods for me . Great rock for the life but the bad life is in there too ! If I lose my fish to these isopods I will throw in the towel and break everything down and sell it. I ve put too much time and money in this for isopods to ruin it. :sad1:
Please everyone give me some input on what to do. I dont wanna lose my fish .
Im not sure this is the right forum but since I "think" I have a fish predator in my tank and it is affecting the health of my fish , I thought I would post it here.
I recently bought a small 10lb order of live rock from TBS to add to my nano tank and a pice to my 40 breeder. When I pulled it out of the package I noticed some dead isopods ( and some still wriggling ) on the paper . I threw them away and added the rock to my nano that has no fish . I thought that since this tank is fishless that if they were in there Id be ok . Well I pulled a small piece of rock from my nano and put it in my 40 breeder and lo and behold my angel has a small contusion on its head , that wasnt there before I put the rock in. All the other fish are fine in the tank. I think I may have one lone isopod in the tank.
Anyway , I have heard that putting red meat on a string and hanging that in the tank at night and checking it before light on will catch them. Anybody have any luck with that method ? I also heard about trapping them with a coke bottle trap but how does the smell of the bait make it out of the bottle to entice the isopods ?
I will never buy TBS rock again , too much of a risk of isopods for me . Great rock for the life but the bad life is in there too ! If I lose my fish to these isopods I will throw in the towel and break everything down and sell it. I ve put too much time and money in this for isopods to ruin it. :sad1:
Please everyone give me some input on what to do. I dont wanna lose my fish .