Hand Bitten by this while arranging corals.

[bryanong]

Hi, can any 1 identify what is this as my hand was bitten by this thing while arranging some corals in my tank. It was ###### blood from my hand and it left a tiny hole on my hand after tat. Will it harm my corals and fish? Please kindly advise.

[jervismun]

Oh dear... looks and sounds scary... DESTROY!!!

[yvoneysl]

Oh dear... looks and sounds scary... DESTROY!!!   

This looks like a fish parasitic isopods- They suck blood by parasitizing on fish & damaged their tissue but I don't know they are harmful to coral or not... haha sound more scary now right

[bryanong]

Any idea how to get rid of it totally?

[big_ben102000]

bro did u collect your sand from the beach ? haha they are quite common on the beaches.

[arcanehacker]

bro did u collect your sand from the beach ? haha they are quite common on the beaches.

yeah.. was bitten by this when I was quite young. While playing with sand on the beach.. can never forget what it looks like.

Don't think you can just dose something to remove them. It seems pretty hardy since it can even live out of water. Its also too small to catch out. Think best way is to get something that eats these buggers.

[big_ben102000]

haha get a grouper or trigger lar .. i am sure they will eat it. those bugger are pretty hardy. they are able to barrow into the sand if its threaten

[bryanong]

My tank is bare bottom. Wonder where it came from. Sigh

[arcanehacker]

My tank is bare bottom. Wonder where it came from. Sigh

should be from your rocks then. Dun forget, even critters much bigger then these can actually live in the rock crevices without us knowing.

[big_ben102000]

if u have alot of those creatures in your tank, i think its better u soak them in FW to kill them.

[searching4dan]

i agree.. i tot i was cleared with crabs 2 mths ago..

juz 1 week back, my goby bring out a crab corpse outta its sand terriority..

now i wonder where the crab have been hiding all the while..

any funi tins are hiding in out LRs..

[Achilles Tang]

Yup. That's an isopod alright... some call them sand fleas. They bite!