WTF...... advice please

[bigcol]

ok guys ive moved all my catfish to my 4' tank, to my suprise once i had all them out i found some sort of parasite swimming around the old tank it looks like a bloodworm but has a head and 6 legs it is also the size of a bloodworm.......

what is it? has any1 seen anything like it before, sorry i dont have pics as i cant see it now, im hopeing by the description that some1 can tell me what it is. Thanks in advance

 

[Lupin]

Dragonfly nymph? Damselfly nymph?

 

[bigcol]

Dragonfly nymph? Damselfly nymph?

dunno lol it was a wierd looking thing, could it harm fish or would it be food lol

 

[Lupin]

Do an image search on Yahoo or Google. Dragonfly nymphs need to be removed from the tank whereas damselfly nymphs are fine although certainly not with fry sized specimens or inverts such as shrimps.

 

[bigcol]

thats what it was
http://www.bugsurvey.nsw.gov.au/html/popups/lge_da-ny_col.html
how do they end up in ya tank lol lol

 

[Lupin]

1. No window or door screens.
2. Hitchhiking in new plants and other decorations.

 

[bigcol]

1. No window or door screens.
2. Hitchhiking in new plants and other decorations.

plants sounds more likely option, cheers

 

[FSM]

they'll eat it, most likely. You can always crush it first though.

 

[bigcol]

lol it was wierd like lol

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

You can always crush it first though.

Just for the perversed sense of power