DOES ANY ONE KNOW WHAT THIS IS????

[thebullit]

a friend of mine found this in 1 of her tanks. its in with red cherry's and apple snails. its about an inch long.

[Lupin]

Damselfly nymph. They're fortunately not as harmful as dragonfly nymphs. Feel free to ditch them if you want.;)

[msjinkzd]

yup, damselfly, i would get rid of it. they give me the heeby jeebies.

[thebullit]

are they harmfull to the shrimps?

[southerndesert]

I had 2 of them in a tank once and they ate a good number of baby shrimp. Found one feeding on one of my shrimp and had no clue how they got there. Their lower jaw is like a mousetrap and snaps out to grab prey. Must have shown up with plants....

Bill

[thebullit]

cheers guys will let her know. thanks.

[msjinkzd]

I woulld definately say they are a risk to the shrimp, not as dangerous as dragonfly, but to small shrimp a definate peril.

[inkyjenn]

my skin just crawled looking at that picture

*blech*

[waterwitch]

*shudders* I hate aliens in my tanks!

[jpappy789]

I woulld definately say they are a risk to the shrimp, not as dangerous as dragonfly, but to small shrimp a definate peril.

I agree, get rid of them

[Notophthalmus]

Yeah, definitely remove the naiad before it eats your smaller shrimpies. If you have a tank with predatory fish, drop it in there; they will no doubt enjoy it.

Tangent: I don't understand how people who love shrimp can loathe insects. Shrimp are just sea roaches! :silly: Anyhow, who can dislike the adult damselfly?

http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z161/Newt1453/zyg_11140000039.jpg

[msjinkzd]

i don't mind insects!! i think many are fascinating, i just prefer them not to live in my tanks! :grinyes:

[DAVIDFBT]

I'd just go chuck it into a pond to save a damselfly's life.

[Lupin]

Poor damselfly nymph.Yep, I'd give it a chance to live. I always see dragonfly nymphs in my ponds during summer.:22_yikes:

[Hooked Newbie]

Naw... it's a trespasser and should swim with the fishes, big fishes! :grinyes:

[thebullit]

nicki found it last night and got rid. shes going to keep an eye for more and she says thanks guys.

and a cheers from me too.

[PuppyFluffer]

A friend brought us a few tadpoles out of his outdoor pond to raise indoors so my daughter could watch the process. I had a damsel fly larva appear. I kept it and it didn't bother the tadpoles one bit. I placed a stick in the tank for it to emerg on to and released it when it became an adult. I like insects a great deal. They are fascinating but I can see where one would not want in a tank.

Great pictures by the way!

[petluvr]

That's odd i found a few of these in one of my tanks and wondered what they were, I just couldn't get a good pic. They arrived only after I bought some snails from someone that came with some plants and I made the mistake of putting the plants into my tank, WHAMMO now I have these insects. Needless to say no matter the good rep of this person I WILL NOT be buying anything else from them:)

[thebullit]

dont you just hate it when sellers dont clean the plants they sell you. i know you bought snails but should of sived and cleaned the plants first.

[petluvr]

dont you just hate it when sellers dont clean the plants they sell you. i know you bought snails but should of sived and cleaned the plants first.
Looking back on it now, Yes I should have, chalk it up to dumb mistake, I guess I just thought with the good reputation of the person I bought it from I was safe. STUPID ME!!!!!

[thebullit]

with a good rep you would of thought so.

[msjinkzd]

I am so glad I have never found anything like these in my tanks, lol.

[thebullit]

aliens come to mind lol.