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Originally posted by Rin
I was told on another board that it was an isopod, but your statement above about isopods has got me rethinking this. I was also told at the time that isopods generally don't thrive in most aquariums. I have a few of them that I can see. Unfortunately, they're damn hard to catch.
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That looks very similar to the isopods I've been dealing with. Here are a couple of closeups...
http://users.rcn.com/jfox61/macro/cirolanid.jpg
http://users.rcn.com/jfox61/macro/cirolanid1.jpg
Seems they will thrive if you have fish in the system, as this is their diet. They are nocturnal hunters, search after lights out with a flashlight. They are extremely fast, and very difficult to catch. I've been trying to starve them out in my fishless system, going on 7 months. Haven't seen one on a couple of weeks. My fingers are crossed.
HTH