ColinBrady Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Hello fish nerds, I recently started a planted 20 long that I'm hoping to start a new breeding project in. I ordered plants online, they came in looking healthy and covered in snails. I saw this as a free gift, since I really believe snails to be beneficial in maintaining a healthy ecosystem. I did not treat the plants to rid them of any other hitch hikers. After a week or so of initial planting, I noticed a few interesting developments. The snails had begun to lay eggs I have at least one isopod (he has since been named Jitters) There are some sort of mystery free swimming green organisms hovering about in the water column I've attached a link to a video of one of the buggers, pardon the sound of me breathing lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Cory Posted December 14, 2020 Administrators Share Posted December 14, 2020 That is interesting, I'm not sure what that is. I don't think I've ever seen it bfore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinBrady Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Cory said: That is interesting, I'm not sure what that is. I don't think I've ever seen it bfore. Thanks for the quick response Cory. I'll see if I can round up a few of them in a smaller container for easier viewing. This may well be the last time I order plants from a Co-Op competitor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack.of.all.aquariums Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Kind of hard to see but based on some quick searching I'm going to guess phantom midge larvae. Check them out on Google images. Seems like they are basically a clear version of bloodworms that can have a yellow to green color. We should be able to get an ID with some close ups though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lefty o Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 thats one of them aliens from the men in black movie. never seen it before. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinBrady Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 40 minutes ago, Jack.of.all.aquariums said: Kind of hard to see but based on some quick searching I'm going to guess phantom midge larvae. Check them out on Google images. Seems like they are basically a clear version of bloodworms that can have a yellow to green color. We should be able to get an ID with some close ups though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinBrady Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 18 minutes ago, lefty o said: thats one of them aliens from the men in black movie. never seen it before. Hopefully the agency doesn't catch onto this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack.of.all.aquariums Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I found this image on this site. Can it retract into its tail shell piece? Insect Identification WWW.KNOWYOURINSECTS.ORG 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinBrady Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Jack.of.all.aquariums said: I found this image on this site. Can it retract into its tail shell piece? Insect Identification WWW.KNOWYOURINSECTS.ORG By golly, I think you've done it! I poked at one with a mechanical pencil and it quickly retracted. Thank you so much for your help Jack. Whatever you're doing, you deserve a raise. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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