FW water lice? please ID 'bug'

[Doradid]

Saw this crawling on some driftwood. about 1mm long. paracite or just another aquatic thing? it may have come with some driftwood.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

kinda looks like a fish lice. kill it

 

[Doradid]

no fish lice look like horseshoe crabs

 

[andyjs]

Looks like some kind of little isopod

 

[Noto]

Yeah, harmless isopod, probably a Lirceus species. Some isopods are parasites, but this one is a detritivore.

 

[Vicious_Fish]

Yep, that's an isopod.

 

[Plec123]

Yeah, harmless isopod, probably a Lirceus species. Some isopods are parasites, but this one is a detritivore.

agreed.

and to whoever said that fish lice look like horshoe crabs.... there are parasitic isopods that look very much like the one posted here.

 

[Bottomfeeder]

Definately an Isopod, I find tons of them clinging to seaweed in up here evry summer...is this a saltwater tank?

 

[Death Pony]

I like it! If it's non parasitic, I'd keep it. Fresh or saltwater?

 

[Doradid]

fresh. im sure it hitch hiked on driftwood from the pond