what is this

[reefman]

I noticed these on my tsn today anybody no what they are the best way i would describe them is they look like 1/4 inch flounders

 

[joeytoe]

not sure, Ive never seen that before

 

[reefman]

in my 18 years of fish keeping i've never seen it before either

 

[joeytoe]

Theres gotta be someone here thats seen this. Are they moving or anything?

 

[reefman]

they move around there tail goes up and then they move they move like they have legs

 

[fishboy]

i believe its a type of fluke parasite, not 100% sure. nasty little bastards

 

[reefman]

come on some one gotta no i think its some kind of parasite there cool looking in a weird sort of way

 

[fishboy]

my teacup ray had them before and i treated it with a sensitive antibiotic and they went away

 

[ChickenTeeth]

Better close up pic pls

 

[fishboy]

they are called branchiuran parasite. easy to get rid of. there are two Branchiuran parasite species, Argulus japonicus & Argulus foliaceus. The Branchiuran group of parasites known as the Argulids is responsible for the disease of freshwater fishes, Argulosis.