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Re: Tank monster - GAH!!!



Probably hitchhiked in with the plants I bought online last month. I'm sure the cats would have alerted me to the presence of damselflies in the apartment... (Buzz buzz buzz!)

Norman Edelen writes:
It is a damselfly nymph.  It probably arrived with live plants.  They will
eat small fry.  I doubt it would attack adult fish.  There probably won't be
more of them.  The adult is an air-borne insect that looks just like a small
dragonfly. Norm Edelen Portland, Oregon
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Charter" <charter@charter-terminal.com>
To: <gsas-member@thekrib.com>
Sent: Friday, July 05, 2002 7:29 PM
Subject: Tank monster - GAH!!!

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