What on earth is this!!!!!!!!!&#33

[sif]

OMG Cleaning a rock from the tank and this thing crawls out onto the table . Is it danergous (to me or the fish) and am I likely to have any more in there

 

[Fishy411]

some sort of nymph.

 

[Fish Buddy]

Looks a bit like a dragon fly nymph...

 

[creetin]

i'd say it is a young dragon fly nymph... arent they dangerous?? wont the eat small fishies??

 

[sylvia]

Yes, they eat small fishes but are otherwise harmless (to people). Best to get rid of it though. Freeing it into a local lake or something is best.

 

[black angel]

found this on them

The dragonfly nymph remains in this stage from 1 to 15 years. During this time, they remain in the water and molt approximately 12 times. Upon completion of the final molt, the nymph crawls out of the water, sheds its skin, and emerges as a dragonfly. Adult dragonflies live only a few weeks to a few months

can you put it into a closed jar and find a pond or river to put it near to?

 

[Boxcar Muzzdogg]

Its not good to release creatures into habitats that they are not native to. Unless your 100% sure this species lives in a certain lake you know of, do not release it. You never know how it can effect the natural habitat and it usually ends up bad.

 

[fish_r_great]

How did you get that in your tank?

 

[Snailguy101]

Almost looks like a cricket but it is a nyumpih sorry on spelling

 

[Snailguy101]

How did you get that in your tank?

 

[Isis_Nebthet]

They're pretty fragile and you may have already killed it by taking pics. When I clean out my bog I end up killing about 1/4 of the nymphs they just don't like being moved.

 

[Purplesmurf]

They ride in on plants most of the time. If your tank is outside or near a constantly open window it may have been deposited by an adult dragonfly.

 

[sif]

I'm afraid my first reaction was of horror (I'm not very good with bugs!) and defence so the photograph shows the expired Nymph! I can only guess the eggs came in on my plants which were brought from a well known online retailer in UK. Although I have been leaving the hood up during the extreme weather last few weeks.. surely wouldn't have got that big so quickly though! Didn't have a clue it was in there so now I'm worried there may be more

The worst thing is that I've had some unexplained deaths and disappearances of small fish and I'm wondering how many of them may be down to this monster (you should have seen the claws on the thing :shudder

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

I know those lavae as my mums pond has had loads for years, they are only a threat to fry(we are talking livebearer sized fry) and no fish an inch or more larger. Their larval stage takes about 2years and they are more inclined to eat small tadpoles than anything else, put it in your local river/lake where it belongs or a pond as it is native to the UK and it itself is a food source for many large native fish.