Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Video of mysterioius fry: Just noticed a few of these swimming around after I fed frozen brine shrimp to the tank. Could it be baby shrimp? They move like shrimp but they don't really look like them, and I've only had my shrimp for a couple weeks and no one looked pregnant. The only other things in the tank are kuhli loaches but they're juveniles and no sign of them making babies. The other option would be something hitchhiked on a plant from my LFS. But what on earth is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Congratulations you have kuhli loach fry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Just now, Colu said: Congratulations you have kuhli loach fry is it really?? omg I've only had them for 3 weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) Not many people have breed kuhli loach so I would leave the tank how it is and see what happens Edited January 29, 2021 by Colu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 (edited) ...I don't know, but that doesn't look to me like a baby kuhli. It looks too ridged and appears to cling on the glass at one point. To me it looks like some sort of nymph. Edited January 29, 2021 by MAC Spelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 11 minutes ago, MAC said: ...I don't know, but that doesn't look to me like a baby kuhli. It looks too ridged and appears to cling on the glass at one point. To me it looks like some sort of nymph. It's definitely rigid, the way they were moving really seemed like a shrimp but I've had several people in different groups say it's not shrimp. I can't find many pictures of really young kuhli fry to compare... I'm not sure how to figure out what it is lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Do you see any legs or maybe a split feather like tail? You could try googling aquatic nymph images and see if anything looks similar. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 6 minutes ago, MAC said: Do you see any legs or maybe a split feather like tail? You could try googling aquatic nymph images and see if anything looks similar. No visible legs but in one video I took it does definitely seem like it's holding on to the glass, no split feather tail - the whole body seems to be about the same shape just slightly bigger at the head and thinner at the tail. I will try googling that, thank you!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Here's a close up of one on a leaf, unfortunately this is the best quality I could get - they all ran off and hid when I turned the light on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Hmm... interesting...it looks more like a fish of some kind in that picture. Fun mystery, you might just have to let em grow and see what they turn out. Keep us updated! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 minute ago, MAC said: Hmm... interesting...it looks more like a fish of some kind in that picture. Fun mystery, you might just have to let em grow and see what they turn out. Keep us updated! Yeah, Google isn't helping much 😓 I'll definitely update if/when I figure it out! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAC Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Just curious if @Danielhas a guess to what this may be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 1 hour ago, MAC said: Just curious if @Danielhas a guess to what this may be? When I see a swimming tube like that, I think caddisfly larva. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tory Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Daniel said: When I see a swimming tube like that, I think caddisfly larva. Someone in a facebook group said the same and after looking up some photos, I think that's what it is! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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