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Re: Tank monster - GAH!!!



Looks like a dragonfly nymph.  Bad news.  Get it out!  It'll eat any small 
fish.

  - Erik

On Fri, 5 Jul 2002, Charter wrote:

> Can anyone identify this creepy-crawly which I just pulled out of my tank? 
> 
> http://fisherking.org/tankmonster1.jpg 
> 
> Here's a blurry picture of the tank monster next to a penny, for size 
> perspective: 
> 
> http://fisherking.org/tankmonster2.jpg 
> 
> Is it dangerous?  Where could it possibly have come from?  Will there be 
> more of them?  Could this be the reason why one of my rainbowfish appears to 
> have a bruise on its flank?  Do fish even GET bruises?
> ICKY!!! 
> 
>  - Erika
> 

-- 
Erik Olson
erik at thekrib dot com