29 October 2010 - Shrimp Killer Found!!!

did the right thing releasing it... the others...i read somewhere they can live years in water before becoming a dragonfly. that true? is it very small? or your tank heavily planted?

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by saddyboi

oh man... dont know shd trust who.. >.<

Just got to be selective.

Originally Posted by hengyi86

did the right thing releasing it... the others...i read somewhere they can live years in water before becoming a dragonfly. that true? is it very small? or your tank heavily planted?

I wanted to kill it initially....

Originally Posted by hengyi86

did the right thing releasing it... the others...i read somewhere they can live years in water before becoming a dragonfly. that true? is it very small? or your tank heavily planted?

yeah thats what makes the nymph of the species so famous. Apparently, dragonflies last for like 2 weeks, but their baby lasts for 3 years or more, or smth like that. Its even more extreme with the mayfly. Those have young that last years as well, but are only adults for 1 day apparently. Then die.

Originally Posted by Koji™

Have been noticing a drop in my CRS population in the tank recently for the past 3-4 weeks.

And I found this killer lurking around!! hopefully got no more in there!!

Hey that's what happened to me too! And all the while I wondered why my shrimp kept dying. But I haven't introduced new plants for the past 2 months, so maybe a dragonfly came in from the window? Is there anything that will eat dragonfly eggs or larvae?

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by Argent

Hey that's what happened to me too! And all the while I wondered why my shrimp kept dying. But I haven't introduced new plants for the past 2 months, so maybe a dragonfly came in from the window? Is there anything that will eat dragonfly eggs or larvae?

Guess there's nothing we can do but to keep checking for any existing nymph in the tank.... So for now, no shrimp buying for me... Saw some nice CRS at C328 yesterday but cannot get... Damn sad.

[Navanod]

Good catch and very nice shots!
Pity that the fella got away with killing so many shrimps before being apprehended.

Thats why, for me, the purple rain falls on all new plants before they get into my tanks.



In this picture, got a few worm-like things came jumping out after the rain...could be very young nymphs.
Also got snails, some slug/planaria looking thing and even a long legged mosquito!

So far, this had kept almost all pests out of the tank...except seed shrimps

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by Navanod

Good catch and very nice shots!
Pity that the fella got away with killing so many shrimps before being apprehended.

Thats why, for me, the purple rain falls on all new plants before they get into my tanks.

In this picture, got a few worm-like things came jumping out after the rain...could be very young nymphs.
Also got snails, some slug/planaria looking thing and even a long legged mosquito!

So far, this had kept almost all pests out of the tank...except seed shrimps

What is the solution? PP?

[saddyboi]

yaya.. mind sharing what is the purple rain and how the procedure to handle the plants?

i found 2 snails and a worm after introducing to the tank.. luckily still cycling and i took them out.. btw i rinsed the plants in water before putting them in...

[ahloy]

i also got this recently.. keep a close look out of ur tank.. it will just appear again..

the eggs are strong one man..

[Koji™]

Originally Posted by ahloy

i also got this recently.. keep a close look out of ur tank.. it will just appear again..

the eggs are strong one man..

damn...... Can anyone advise how long then it will be safe before I can be sure that there's no more such killers in my tank?