[appleandpebble]

I was doing a water change and moved some plants around. When I moved the shrimp house I saw something white coming out of it.. thought it would be a dead shrimp so I was ready to take him out but the this thing came out...
I does NOT look like a shrimp. I do NOT know how this thing got into my tank..
Im very nervous because i don't even know what this is and if they are more of them!!

so please help me identify this creature (the thing itself is bigger than my shrimp..)
ps I don't have fish in the tank, onllly shrimp.

 

[appleandpebble]

Im terribly sorry for the image size btw. :/

 

[AndreDecasa]

I dont know what it is just put it in a container. For the mean time, to ensure the safety of your shrimps and betta

 

[appleandpebble]

that's what I did..
Ill look up what this is after eating

 

[AndreDecasa]

It kinda looks like a brine shrimp, but its too big and have less legs.

 

[AndreDecasa]

And also kinda look like a baby dragonfly larvae.

 

[beautiful Betta]

It looks like a mosquito larvae to me. If you google it you will see lots of different images for them at different stages in their growth.

 

[AndreDecasa]

I dont think mosquito larvae get bigger than ghost shrimp.

 

[appleandpebble]

my dad says its a baby shrimp

 

[appleandpebble]

but i don't trust it, so I put him in a little cage. away from the other shrimp

 

[AndreDecasa]

I dont think its a baby shrimp come on.. baby shrimp bigger than your actual shrimps?

 

[beautiful Betta]

How big would you say it was? It is difficult to tell size from image.

 

[AndreDecasa]

Read the text, that he said. ( so please help me identify this creature (the thing itself is bigger than my shrimp..) ps I don't have fish in the tank, onllly shrimp.)

 

[Stone]

dragonfly nymph, get it out of tank will eat shrimpletts and juvies

 

[beautiful Betta]

Read the text, that he said. ( so please help me identify this creature (the thing itself is bigger than my shrimp..) ps I don't have fish in the tank, onllly shrimp.)

I did read, but shrimps can come in lots of different sizes, as it looked transparent it looked small to me. We don’t get the pet shrimps over here like you guys do, well not that I’ve seen in any shops.

 

[appleandpebble]

my biggest shrimp is 1,7 cm. the weird monster is 2 cm.

 

[AndreDecasa]

Some of the common shrimps are size a half of a betta and a adult can be size of a full betta.

 

[appleandpebble]

so this freaky monster is a damselfly nymph good to know its dangerous and will eat my shrimp. I took it out of my tank.nasty little thingy! I will put it in a jar full of water in my garden..far far far away from me.

 

[AndreDecasa]

If I have that damselfly, I would keep it in my empty 2 gal. And experiment on it or maybe keep it as a pet.

 

[appleandpebble]

I kept it outside on a sunny spot with lots of plants and water and its all covered from ther rain... meh its just an experiment, I won't cry if the thing dies. ;D