Shrimp Hunter

[kenneth_kpe]

well this is the only place i think it is relevant to post this...

well recently starting around a month ago i noticed that my ghost shrimp population started to dwindle. slowly but surely... until i would have to look closely to spot the smaller shrimps.. ( the only shrimps that where left was the older ghost shrimps and the bigger mountain shrimps) one day while i was looking at my aquarium (from its side) i noticed a weird insect swimming inside the tank.. around half an inch long (it looked like a upside down beetle or something) so i then proceeded to capture the insect and removed it from the tank...

After 3 weeks[now] i have noticed that my shrimp population exploded again ! i can now see baby shrimps everywhere again !

The question is about the insect actually.. id like to know more about it... do you guys have links to common hitch hiking creatures in the aquarium ? especially for planted ones ?

it was around half an inch long, legs, and it looked a bit upside down..... it looked like a flat cockroach that swam around

 

[superjalami30]

Possibly a small "giant water bug, otherwise known as a toe biter?

http/www.whatsthatbug.com/toe_biter.html

They get rather large and eat a variety of things.

 

[kenneth_kpe]

yeah it looked something like that! only not that huge ! maybe a juvi or a smaller species of em bugs... good thing i found it before it could eradicate my entire shrimp population !

 

[beta 1991]

I'm glad you got the bug out! They probally would have kiled most of your shrimp if not all !