What in the hell is this thing?

[Coasting]

And how quickly do I need to kill it?



Just got home and found this nasty thing swimming atound in my 10g planted shrimp tank.
Its about the size of my adult pumpkin shrimp, maybe a bit longer. Fast.... ugly....
Mosquito larvae?
I cant find it now that i have my little net....
Dammit...

[WarDog]

Looks like some kind of Damsel fly or Dragonfly.

[Ryanerickson]

Almost looks like a mayfly

[spit.fire]

KILL IT WITH FIRE

[Coasting]

Originally Posted by spit.fire

KILL IT WITH FIRE

I don't even own a lighter....
If i catch this thing.... i will go buy a fire starter just to kill it.

[BCOrchidGuy]

Damsel fly nymph, dragon fly nymphs are usually more oval through the abdominal area. Those tail like extensions are actually it's gills.
They're aggressive towards smaller fish/fry and will capture them in their pinchers

[Bblinks]

I had dragon fly nemphs that turned into dragon flies, pretty cool IMO.

[shiftline]

They hitchhike on plants. cool looking but i believe they will eat and kill shrimp or possibly tiny fish. I had one in my shrimp tank way back when

[Coasting]

I keep finding more. Disgusting creepy things.
I am NEVER not bleaching plants again.

[kien]

I thought fish ate those things? Feed them to Red ?