fishes shld take care of it, dun think puffer will
Hi.
I'd just collected my drift wood from Teo's this afternoon. Sent there to have some moss and riccia planted. Took me about a month to get it back.
Realised that there are some water fleas (I think?) running around the surface of the moss. 3-4mm sized, brownish coloured with many legs. Jumps around when out of water.
How to get rid of them. I have a mini puffer. Can the fellow work? Advice pls
fishes shld take care of it, dun think puffer will
how do u differenciate a dragonfly nymph and water fleas??
after reading cbong`s description.. i realized that i had a false alarm recently..
at first thought i had this dragon fly nymph.. i panicked and went high and low to get that guy out..
anyone have pics of both of them?
Dragonfly nymph
Water fleas (Daphnia is also consider a water flea..)
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thanks peter..
its really dragonfly nymph..
thank god i took them out..
how do they actually get into the tank? anyway i can prevent it from reoccuring?
Its a pretty disgusting creature... []...How to prevent it? I dunno actually...close all your windows so that nothing foreign flys in?
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why the fear of dragon fly nymph? wat damage can it do. The bug i have is neither. looks more like a Scud from a quick search i did on 'water bugs' on the net.
Dragon nymph are carnivores....they will go for your small fishes or shrimps as food source if you don't remove them!
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are there chemicals for removing the nymph? how big are they?
dragon fly nymph have a small projectile like limb in their mouth called a "labia" (I think), they can launch this out a bit like a harpoon to spear fish, and slowly pull the fish in. At least thats what I read on the net some time back.
Allen
cbong,how much did pay to get ur diftwood planted
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The bugs I get from stuff I buy from Teo's usally dissappear after a few days. Haven't had the luck to find a dragonfly nymph... would love to keep one till it morphs to a d-fly. great for my urbanised neices and nephews too. Separately, of course... wonder if it'll eat frozen bloodworms and mossie nymphs.
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I only notice that dragonfly nymph exists in my tank when I found a dead dragonfly beside my tank. Beside the dead dragonfly lies a empty case which shaped like the nymph. After searching through my tank, I managed to find another live dragonfly nymph.
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cbong
you are right
it is probably something like a 'scud'
some form of fw aquatic crustacean
your fish will eat them unless the fish are very big
don't worry
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