Ive just started keeping tropical fish, have myself a nice sized aquarium and a few fish, including

2 Dalmation Mollies
4 Glowlight Rasboras
2 Featherfin Rainbows
5 Neon Tetras
Numerous shrimps/snails etc.


And this!


god knows what it is, or what its doing there, I never put it in and it looks very much like a damsel nymph with a 3 lobed tail.

its in an aquarium at about 27degC.

any one know what it is, or how they get there?

Its definitely a damsel nymph.

Go to the Practical Fishkeeping website .They have good Community pages and I'm sure they'll provide an answer to anything you need to know ...I'm surpised the Nymph or whatever it is has survived .Have you added any rocks from a river and maybe not washed them properly?

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agree with jimmy, there is no doubt that is a damsel nymph. F*ck knows how the hell it got there.

chris did u get your bog or mopani wood from the shop i have had the odd aquarium insect from bits of wood over the years from my local dealer i have 2 5 foot aquariums at the moment with all sorts of strange things inside them and none has ever came from my local loch or river. A lot of the live plants nowadays are coming in with this allso. gave me a pm chris anytime m8

ps it probably came in with the snails all sorts of insect eggs get traped under the shells of snails live food especially bloodworm can bring all sorts of unwanted things as well.

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I would also recommend joining the PFK website, I happen to be a member on their forum. Do you have any live plants?

Cheers for the feedback guys!

i have several live plants, not too sure of their names but all of my plants are live. The best scenario i can think of is that some of these plants have been either outdoors, or in a large greenhouse type affair and subsequently been visited by a damsel fly.

i haven't seen it since, but ill keep my eye out and let you know if it progresses in its life cycle.

cheers

chris

I actually kept a fish tank running for a few weeks which was completely devoid of fish and live plants and within that time a whole colony of fresh water shrimps appeared. I even had to send a sample to Anglian Water as proof.

This water had come straight from the tap so you'll be amazed at what we could be drinking.

got 2 away to be 3 tanks this weekend when i eventually buy a base and get the other tanks up and running

current fish

black ghost knife fish ( 4 inches long had him since he was a little nipper)
2x silver sharks ( also around the 4 inch mark and had them since small)
4x clown loaches got an investment in 2 since they will grow big and my sister had snail problems i bought her 2
11 neons (one only has one eye and has been nicknamed one eyed willy)
2 suckers
2 headstanders
2 rasbora tetras.
5 ballon mollies
4 red eye tetras
1 angel
2 long finned zebra danios
2 plecs ( didnt want them but came back from work and they were there)

off the top of my head thats all i can remember but once new tanks setup maybe more exotic to come

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