Crystal Red Shrimp Hunted by Damselfly Larvae in Freshwater Aquarium

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4 жыл бұрын

We use an exterior water-butt to hold water ready for our caridina shrimp aquarium water changes, without realising we had inadvertently added damselfly larvae to several of our Crystal Red and Bloody Mary shrimp caridina shrimp aquariums. Having never seen one underwater before it took a while for us to figure out what they were and how they found their way into our aquariums. For the past several weeks, we were finding dead shrimp and were not able to pinpoint the cause as water parameters were correct until we spotted the problem which has now been resolved :) #crystalredshrimp #shrimpers #caridinashrimp
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@joshpevehouse6527 6 күн бұрын

To date I've pulled close to 40 damselflies and a handful of dragon nymphs out of my 10 gallon shrimp tank. They hatched out of a mass of locally collected pennywort. After collecting a dozen I started taking pics and keeping count, I NEVER expected to have this many. I can't imagine what sort of horror movie must've been playing out in that tank every night. On a positive note, I now have a prosperous colony with tons of shrimplets whereas before I couldn't understand why no shrimplets were surviving.

@Aquadiction 5 күн бұрын

Ahh yes they are nasty buggers! Glad to hear you figured out the problem and solved it buddy, had never seen it happen in any tank before i guess because this was our first shrimp only aquarium and the fish would have normally cleared them out! Thanks for sharing your experience ❤️

@IMaqua 4 жыл бұрын

Nice looking video, loved it :)

@Aquadiction 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it

@xXRaivenWingsXx 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that's a big one! We just found a little damselfly nymph in our 20 gallon and managed to get it out! Gonna try and keep it alive in another container, they're really fascinating!

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

We just found another ironically in the same aquarium almost a year to the day in our new video here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j7doYLKW3bG2kaM.html. Yea they are fascinating just a tad annoying if found with shrimp, best of luck keeping it alive, should be interesting :)

@davidegiannini661 3 жыл бұрын

Are they really dangerous for shrimps? I saw one of those in my tank, probably came with some mosquito larvae I fed to the fish. Just one of them can harm a whole population? They prey on adults too?

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

hi Davide, i guess it depends how many shrimp you have and how many larvae, they will probably take about an adult shrimp per day so if you have a lot you may not notice a difference to the population if you have a few you may see a dent in the population very soon! i guess get them out as soon as you see them, they are a pain! best of luck with your shrimp keeping regardless dude and thanks for the question 👍🏼👍🏼

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

@davidegiannini661 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction thank you! I hope to find it soon

@Beepbeep_its_treasure 7 ай бұрын

I saw two of these. I'm so sad as my juvie shrimp have been missing 😕 I've had it in the tank for about a month, and I didn't know what it was. I thought it was a reject shrimp. So angry to find out theyve been eating my babies

@Aquadiction 7 ай бұрын

Ahh that.s really unfortunate, any idea how they got into your aquarium? lol @ reject shrimp!!!!!!

@mello9258 3 жыл бұрын

Would this be able to harm my betta?

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

No they wont, your betta will probably eat them!!!!!

@mello9258 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@nickbailey5201 Жыл бұрын

reminded me of a praying mantis just not as accurate hunter lol

@Aquadiction Жыл бұрын

Haha yea agree these guys are terrible hunters, totally forgot about this old video haha

@theburningman5047 Жыл бұрын

Rather slow, suddenly they are a lot less scary

@Aquadiction Жыл бұрын

Yea I guess haha

@Zaku186 4 жыл бұрын

how did you get rid of them?

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the slow reply! We caught them out of the tank and stopped using a water butt for water changes. :)

@shres1567 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction what is a water butt?

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

@@shres1567 a big plastic tub that holds a lot of water/collects rainwater

@Qihte 2 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction ik im late but i use fly screen over my tote so nothing can lay eggs and rain can still enter in.

@snehasisroy4180 3 жыл бұрын

Most third class predator I have ever seen

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

They are definitely fun to watch, trying to hunt though!!! Thanks for the comment 🙂

@dayangkuasmahawangosman9975 3 жыл бұрын

i just remove almost 20 of them in my tank, ew

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

Wow 20 thats crazy, what were u keeping in your aquarium that u removed them from

@dayangkuasmahawangosman9975 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction my neon tetra, guppies and blue velvet shrimp 😀

@chimpanzeescouldkillyou6009 2 жыл бұрын

I've taken out 20 as well lol

@maverickbull1909 2 жыл бұрын

It kind of sucks at hunting.

@Aquadiction 2 жыл бұрын

LOL yea you aren't wrong there, thank you, that comment gave us a chuckle!

@fishman1793 3 жыл бұрын

these guys snuck into my aquarium on some plants :(

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

They are crafty buggers lol, what do you keep in your aquarium?

@fishman1793 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction I keep corydoras, pearl danios and a honey gourami. I'm a little concerned about the danios as they are tiny! but I managed to kill 3 Damselflies and haven't seen any for a while. Hopefully, there aren't much left :/ Lol. Do they reproduce fast?

@Aquadiction 3 жыл бұрын

@@fishman1793 You should be okay with Danios as they are fast top-level fish and the Damselflies are very slow ambush predators on the bottom of the aquarium. I THINK danios are also too large for a Damselflie to take TBH. If you have dragonfly nymphs though it would be a different story as these get ALOT bigger. In terms of breeding the nymphs, can't reproduce until they have grown into flies and left the water, so don't worry about that! Hope that helps a little :)

@fishman1793 3 жыл бұрын

@@Aquadiction Oh thanks! that makes me feel a lot better lol I was a bit worried. luckily I haven't seen any for about a week now. and thank goodness I haven't seen any dragonfly nymphs in my tank lol. Thanks for your help! great vid!