Vehl
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Well I have found 2 isopods stuck to the tails of two of my firefish, none on anything else as of yet.
Now I have read all the posts I can from the search engine about them, but they all end with I found some in my tank and I have read you have to let it lie fallow for 6 months.
Now I know not all of you have done this that have them. I have also read about the Interceptor treatment for them. problem is I have a 125 gallon and getting everything out that I don't want to die would be a a hassle.
Now, I do have an empty 55 gallon aquarium. I have 1 gold head sleeper goby, 1 red-lipped blenny, 1 royal gramma, and 3 purple firefish. So far I have only seen them on the firefish and today is the first day I have seen them. I am guessing they came in on my LR I got.
So how would I go about treating everything. Set up the 55 gallon with my protein skimmer from my 125, load some of the "Texas Holy Rock" I have lying around in the tank and move my fish and shrimp over there, of course checking them before I move them and then dose my 125 with Interceptor? I have 180 lbs of liverock in there so getting the fish will be a hassle, but I can do it, and then I guess grab as many hermits and what not as I can as well. My LFS carries Bio-Spira so I can set the 55 up with that, the Interceptor is supposed to only hurt crustaceans I read.
So I rambled a lot, I guess my question is what would you all do in my shoes and what have you all done to the ones that you have found?
If I hadn't paid so much for the LR I would just QT the fish in my 55 and fill the 125 with non treated tap water for a few days, drain it, and fill it again. Yes I know this would kill everything on the LR, but wouldn't it kill the isopods as well? I could always get a piece of LR from my friends tank and some LS to re-seed the 125 while I let my Skimmer and an Emperor 400 filter the 55 with the fish in it.
Now I have read all the posts I can from the search engine about them, but they all end with I found some in my tank and I have read you have to let it lie fallow for 6 months.
Now I know not all of you have done this that have them. I have also read about the Interceptor treatment for them. problem is I have a 125 gallon and getting everything out that I don't want to die would be a a hassle.
Now, I do have an empty 55 gallon aquarium. I have 1 gold head sleeper goby, 1 red-lipped blenny, 1 royal gramma, and 3 purple firefish. So far I have only seen them on the firefish and today is the first day I have seen them. I am guessing they came in on my LR I got.
So how would I go about treating everything. Set up the 55 gallon with my protein skimmer from my 125, load some of the "Texas Holy Rock" I have lying around in the tank and move my fish and shrimp over there, of course checking them before I move them and then dose my 125 with Interceptor? I have 180 lbs of liverock in there so getting the fish will be a hassle, but I can do it, and then I guess grab as many hermits and what not as I can as well. My LFS carries Bio-Spira so I can set the 55 up with that, the Interceptor is supposed to only hurt crustaceans I read.
So I rambled a lot, I guess my question is what would you all do in my shoes and what have you all done to the ones that you have found?
If I hadn't paid so much for the LR I would just QT the fish in my 55 and fill the 125 with non treated tap water for a few days, drain it, and fill it again. Yes I know this would kill everything on the LR, but wouldn't it kill the isopods as well? I could always get a piece of LR from my friends tank and some LS to re-seed the 125 while I let my Skimmer and an Emperor 400 filter the 55 with the fish in it.