silverfish?

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Tonight as I was feeding my fish, I noticed what looks exactly like a silverfish, you know those nasty little bugs you find in cabinets, sitting on one of my plants in my tank. The little bugger is alive and just as happy as can be in my tank and my fish are just ignoring him. Has anyone ever heard of this? Can silverfish live underwater? Could it be something else?
thanks in advanced for any info.
Kristen
 
Cuvier said:
Perhaps it is a mayfly larva? If so, likely a good sign, water-quality-wise.
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Possibly, but from the pictures I just looked up, what I have is more silver. How would it get in my tank??? And I'm from Southern California, used to see tons of mayflys when I grew up in Michigan but can't say I see many here. I feel much better about mayfly larva than a silverfish.
 
Silverfish can indeed live underwater. Maybe he came in on one of your plants.

Marinemom
 
Marinemom said:
Silverfish can indeed live underwater. Maybe he came in on one of your plants.

Marinemom
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I very much doubt this. On what grounds do you state this with such certainty?
 
Tell that to the silverfish living in one of my drains when we completely gutted our bathroom. They were also found living under our tub where water had accumulated to rot the subfloor under the florring in the bathroom. The subfloor, flooring, tub, toilet, vanity, and most of the plumbing had to go, being replaced with everything new because of these little devils. I wouldn't of believed it either if I did not see it with my own eyes. Cost me a bundle. Just make sure that when you buy a house that these things are checked first with a home inspection that is really picky about what they find.

Marinemom
 
they don't live in water. >.> They get attracted by the moisture and then just get stuck there. I don't think they need to eat very often. I heard they can go a year without food.
 
they're found in "damp" places ... "moist" places ... but not anyplace that would require that they breath IN water. they're not biologically equipped to accomplish this feat.
 
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