Daniel Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 Do you ever say to yourself, gosh what's that I found (WTF) in my aquarium? Well this morning was a WTF Wednesday for me. I am feeding my young sparkling gouramis their morning ration of baby brine shrimp when an electric blue flash caught my eye. Baby neon's? A baby zebra danio? No, two baby zebra danios! My best guess is just before putting the baby gouramis in this 40 breeder I had used this aquarium for a group fish that included a few zebra danios. While I drained all the water out of the aquarium and set it aside, I didn't clean it before adding green water and baby sparkling gouramis. I never clean between setups because I want the beneficial bacteria to get a head start in the new tank. Apparently there were also some beneficial zebra danio eggs or fry included in the grunge. Welcome to WTF Wednesday. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 WTF a leech, or leeches. So I found one of these a couple of weeks ago and promptly removed it. Now it seems that there was more than one. I think they're harmless to fish though. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alesha Posted November 11, 2020 Share Posted November 11, 2020 (edited) Found this last Friday, but seems like it fits really well here on the What's That (I) Found Wednesday post: Hope it doesn't give anybody nightmares!!! 😫 EDITED to ADD: The general consensus is that it was a dragonfly larvae nymph. Dragonfly Larvae Dragonfly Nymphs | MDC Discover Nature NATURE.MDC.MO.GOV Dragonfly larvae are aquatic insects with large eyes, six legs, and an oval or rounded segmented abdomen. The lower jaws are scooplike and cover much of the lower part of the head. And now that I know what that part is that was moving, I'm even MORE grossed out!!!!! Edited November 11, 2020 by akconklin added info 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted November 11, 2020 Author Share Posted November 11, 2020 This guy was a definite WTF the first time I saw him. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted December 2, 2020 Author Share Posted December 2, 2020 This is a repost from earlier this week, but boy howdy was this a WTF Wednesday item! Thanks to @DIEProphezeiung for the original post and @Brandy for calling my attention to it. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/10/2020 at 9:18 PM, Aubrey said: WTF a leech, or leeches. So I found one of these a couple of weeks ago and promptly removed it. Now it seems that there was more than one. I think they're harmless to fish though. I have found one of these in one of my nano tanks...I fed it to my angel fish, who is my largest, most aggressively hungry, and most responsive except for the betta (I can point to food and they rush over, lol). I suspect there are more in the substrate. Shudder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenage fish Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 I found new endler fry in my 20 gal. community tank! I couldn’t get a picture in time because the hornwort is a little too good of a hiding place! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2021 Share Posted January 24, 2021 I know it's not Wednesday but this is a wtf. I have a microscope and I want to see if there are tardigrades in my aquarium. I don't know much about them, but they are also called water bears or moss piglets. So I was examining a strand of moss that was growing both above and below water in search of them when I came across this. Louse? Tick? Mite? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shkote Posted February 24, 2021 Share Posted February 24, 2021 Went to clean my coarse AC sponge filter in one of my basement tanks and found this cool little Plumatella repens colony living in/on it. I lost my last bryozoan colony somehow, so I was excited to see these pop up again in another tank. I plan to get down there this evening with a macro lens and hopefully get a better photo 🙂 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 @Daniel, Actually, I learned last Tuesday\Wednesday, it is sometimes what is not found in an aquarium, that may be unusual. Moved some average-sized Guppies from one tank to the other & couldn't find them the next day. So, I guess this is a Where's The Fish analogy, instead. The fish eventually showed themselves down in the heavy plants. By later that day, they were free swimming throughout the aquarium. Cannot be certain, but I believe some of the Zebra Danios were chasing them a bit. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted February 25, 2021 Author Share Posted February 25, 2021 @DaveSamsell I was torturing the words to fit the acronym. I really wanted to work 'Wednesday' somehow into WTF. I think Where's The Fish might even be better.🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveSamsell Posted February 25, 2021 Share Posted February 25, 2021 2 minutes ago, Daniel said: @DaveSamsell I was torturing the words to fit the acronym. I really wanted to work 'Wednesday' somehow into WTF. I think Where's The Fish might even be better.🙂 Or even perhaps, Wednesday's Tank Find 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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