Hey What Is This?

[Dave220]

Hi all,

Just wanted to know what these creatures are, I found them today in my tank.

 

[rabbut]

Looks like a dragon or damsel fly nymph. Do you feed live foods?

All the best
Rabbut

 

[Dave220]

no, I am currently cycling my tank. what should i do?

 

[rabbut]

See if you can catch it and get a good macro photo of it. That will let me get the wildlife book out for a proper ID. It's almost deffinately an insect nymph of some form, and most are preditory, so you may need to knock it off You should not flush them, as you can caurse an outbreak of waterver it is in the watercourse the souer joins up with, should that turn out to be an invasive species Most plants are imported for the fish trade, and live food asside, they are the most common source of insects arriving in a tank. It may not be native to this country, so you definately don't want to risk it getting into the wild