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[Ben Jarrett]

I have a clown fish with a Isopod in it's gill, How can I get rid of it?

[kanegan]

I have a clown fish with a Isopod in it's gill, How can I get rid of it?

I used a metal pincer (for pucking hair, eye brows, etc) to remove one from my tang's fin

I put the fish in very very shallow water so that the isopod is out of water while the fish is part submerged. Make sure the fish is calm and still before you try to do anything.
Don't pull it straight off. I used the pincer to irritate the isopod and compress its body. After a few "squeezes" it relaxed its grip and I gently pulled it off the fish. As punishment i left it out to dry.......
Hope this helps you.

[Ben Jarrett]

Thank you I will give it a go now.

Thanks again

[kanegan]

Thank you I will give it a go now.

Thanks again

good luck and tell us how it goes.

[Vanquish]

Thank you I will give it a go now.

Thanks again

I'm curious too... main problem normally is how to catch the fish!

[Ben Jarrett]

It was the hardest to catch the fish but I turned of all the lights and got him to the top of the tank where I netted him at the top, (much easier to the top no where to hide). As soon as I lifted him out of the water the isopod felt off.

The clown fish seems still to be a little frighten but hoplfully he will go good soon.

Thank you everyone for your help.

I will let you known how he goes over the next couple of days

Thank again

[j'field]

So did you manage to get the isopod fell off out of the tank or it fell back into the tank?

[Ben Jarrett]

Sorry I got it out of the tank, it dead now hopfully there is no more

[j'field]

Sorry I got it out of the tank, it dead now hopfully there is no more

[Ben Jarrett]

Hey Just letting you know that everything is back to normal with the clown fish.

Thank you to every one that helped

any question just ask.


This a photo of the pest.

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[kanegan]

Hey Just letting you know that everything is back to normal with the clown fish.

Thank you to every one that helped

any question just ask.
This a photo of the pest.

Great to know that your clownfish is better and that little bugger is dead!

I had to move my rocks to catch my tang...

[angelfishlover]

Hey Just letting you know that everything is back to normal with the clown fish.

Thank you to every one that helped

any question just ask.
This a photo of the pest.

As a punishment to the pod,you should feed it to you corals

Edited by angelfishlover, 01 November 2008 - 01:54 PM.