curahee Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 As above, how to remove the pod? Try to catch the fish but fail. Are there any ways to remove it or will it juz unhost itself? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanegan Posted February 18, 2010 Share Posted February 18, 2010 As above, how to remove the pod? Try to catch the fish but fail. Are there any ways to remove it or will it juz unhost itself? Sound like a parasite if it is clinging to your fish. I would catch the fish and pick the bugger off.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curahee Posted February 18, 2010 Author Share Posted February 18, 2010 Sound like a parasite if it is clinging to your fish. I would catch the fish and pick the bugger off.... Yeah try it but the fish keep hiding in LR, their reaction super fast. Anyway i tot mandrain fish is a pod killer, nv expect a pod will host on its body. I wonder if i nv remove it the fish will die or not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member peacemaker Posted February 18, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 18, 2010 If you're able to get the fish out, try dipping it in fresh water. The pod will almost immediately release its grip on the fish. Thought it'll be better than prying it off the fish. Did it to my clownfish before without ill effects. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member iskay Posted February 18, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 18, 2010 Sound like a parasite if it is clinging to your fish. I would catch the fish and pick the bugger off.... Second that. Physical removal seems to be the best option and you should remove it fast! Before it's full and detaches and possibly reproduces! Quote "Be formless... shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle; it becomes the bottle. You put it into a teapot; it becomes the teapot. Water can flow, or it can crash. Be water, my friend..." - Lei Siu Lung (Bruce Lee) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 18, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 18, 2010 parasitic isopods are deadly if you have them. faster remove as many as you can find before they reproduce. they mainly feed at night and detach in the day. but some cling on thourhgout. prolonged exposure to parasitic ispods in large numbers can and will kill your fish over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member [V]tEc Posted February 18, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 18, 2010 do not try dipping ur mandarin in fresh water....u will kill ur mandarin.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member LaW Posted February 18, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 18, 2010 ways to catch mandrain: 1) off all ur lights together immediately about an hour before lights off. then about 2 or 3 hours later (surrounding best to be in total darkness), then spot where is he and net him out. mine usually lies around the sandbed when they sleep. 2) by using live feeder, brine shrimp etc, in a transparent container. wait for it to enter and then use a net to cover the exit after that. ways to get rid the pod: 1) freshwater dip, might be risky like what Vtec suggested. 2) use a tweezer and pull the bug out in the open. it hurts the fish but its another alternative. all the best. Quote If a man could beat his own fantasy. Then to only breed in captivity. Then its pointless. Genesis 1:20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that has life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. And God created great whales, and every living creature that moves, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. || Tank: 78" x 30" x 30" || Sump: 48" x 22" x 20" || Lights: PowerModule 10 X 80W|| Returns: 2 x HF32 || || Skimmer: BubbleKing Supermarin 300 || Wavemaker: 3 x 6100 & 1 x 6200, 2 x Wavebox 6212, WavySea || || FR: 2 x FR150 || NR: Sulphur Denitrator || CR: RM Custom Made 8" || KR: Deltec KM500 || TopUp: Tunze Osmolator 3155 || || UV: Coralife 12X 36W || Ozonizer: Sanders C200|| Controller: GHL Profilux Plus II Ex || Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member straydum Posted February 19, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2010 i suggest manual removal too. did that on one of my clowns before, after which it acted as though nothing happened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 19, 2010 dont dip mandarins in freshwater. you will kill it. they have no scales and you will screw up their mucus layer like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted February 19, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2010 dont dip mandarins in freshwater. you will kill it. they have no scales and you will screw up their mucus layer like this. Yup.. agreed. They sorta belong to another group of fishes which do not have scales (eg box fish, eels).. Though they have a mucus layer to protect themselves, they are also more sensitive to medications and most probably salinity change. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 19, 2010 mandarins are especially sensitive to freshwater dips because of the mucus. not so much because they are scaleless. tangs are scaleless but respond okay to freshwater dips. however, all scaleless fishes are very sensitive to copper, especially mandarins because again, of their mucus. mandarins slime like crazy in copper and freshwater and this extra mucus will choke the fish. the thick mucus layer is very good for the mandarin as it keeps most smaller parasites like ich away. you almost never see mandarins with ich. only larger isopods can work their way onto mandarins. good luck! manual removal is the only solution IMO here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terryz_ Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 After plucking the pod out, there will be a wound there... Monitor it and see that it will not get infected... Quote Member of: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kanegan Posted February 19, 2010 Share Posted February 19, 2010 Yeah try it but the fish keep hiding in LR, their reaction super fast. Anyway i tot mandrain fish is a pod killer, nv expect a pod will host on its body. I wonder if i nv remove it the fish will die or not... Just try to wait for the fish to sleep. But you really need to catch it. As for physical removal, I used a pair of pincers to do it. I tried pulling lightly but the bugger refused to let go so I went plan B. Using the pincer, I squeezed the pod's body repeatedly until I can gently take it off the fish. Remember the idea is not to kill it immediately but to stress it into loosen the grip. Note: No wound when I did this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 19, 2010 i have had 2 parasitic isopods on my jawfish before. dam sick when you freshwater dip. especially when the pod is IN THE MOUTH of the jawfish. you will see the pod crawl out of the mouth like some sick alien movie... they dont tolerate freshwater dips and they go nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member peacemaker Posted February 19, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2010 dont dip mandarins in freshwater. you will kill it. they have no scales and you will screw up their mucus layer like this. My bad... I've tried peeling the pod off my clownfish, but it seems a little torturous (the poor thing was flipping around frantically), so the freshwater dip worked for me within seconds. Perhaps it could work on hardier fishes, but not for the mandarin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member arcanehacker Posted February 19, 2010 SRC Member Share Posted February 19, 2010 Just try to wait for the fish to sleep. But you really need to catch it. Actually waiting for them to sleep is a good idea.. they occasionally sleep out in the open.. they will look like dead pale fishes and best is they take a quite a while to wake up.. Best time to net them.. Quote Why do we use "My 2 cents worth" when 1 cents are not legal tender in Singapore anymore? Shouldn't it be 5 cents worth? "Its easier to blame the 'mantis' or crabs in the tank for missing & dead livestocks.." http://arcanehacker.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 19, 2010 My bad... I've tried peeling the pod off my clownfish, but it seems a little torturous (the poor thing was flipping around frantically), so the freshwater dip worked for me within seconds. Perhaps it could work on hardier fishes, but not for the mandarin. yup no problem bro. clownfishes respond very well to FW dips. but not mandarins cheers!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Reefer yikai Posted February 19, 2010 Senior Reefer Share Posted February 19, 2010 please note that the isopod will not stick to the fish for ever and wait for you to slowly trap the fish. once it has had its fill of blood it will detach. or worse, it will detach when the fish swims into areas that may be too bright for it. so i suggest you catch it out ASAP and not wait for the mandarin to go to sleep or what not. get a glass bottle, put live brine shrimps, and let the mandarin go in. or find other methods of trapping. mandarins are not that difficult to catch. easy to trap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curahee Posted February 19, 2010 Author Share Posted February 19, 2010 Thanks everyone for sharing ur precious experience, very helpful info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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