Strange looking insect in my tank

[jellydot72]

Hi folks,

Today, I saw one strange looking creature. Never seen one - it is skinny like stick about an inch long with 2 greenish looking eyes. All I can make off is it looks like a dragon fly but no wings but small fish like fins at the end. It is very small only.

Found it resting on the drift wood of my newly set up 1 ft cube tank in my office. I wanted to get my colleague attention to it but when we look, it was gone! Tried looking for it but cannot find.

I know this sounds funny or maybe even silly. But I am very sure I saw this thing.

I think it came with those plants I planted.

If I see it again, I'll catch it and maybe post the pic. here for identification.

[kenpier]

maybe true that u you caught a nymph... baby dragonfly... hehe... but i don't think they will surive if ur your fishes are small... i read before they attack smaller animals for food... good luck to u you

[jellydot72]

you mean they live in the water? har... really! do they get out of water too?

[hwchoy]

dragonfly larvae, they are predators and will attack small fish. when they grow up they pupate and emerge as a dragonfly.

[jellydot72]

eh.. interesting! I dunno tis this is the cylce of a dragon fly. "Sua khoo" me

Edit: "Sua khoo" means ignorant in colloquial speech

[hwchoy]

you can always google.

[Quixotic]

Or search for "nymph" using our forum's search function.

[jellydot72]

Hi Folks,

The strange thing looks like this one but much larger.

Still cannot locate in the tank even though it is only a 1 ft cube.

Got this pic from the other thread when i do search for nymph with the help of pals here.