Stranger parasite with my fry

[hassan.zidan 43]

I don't really know what this . I see it jerky swim with my fries ,

Do any body know it ?

Edited December 2, 2014 by hassan.zidan

[Lis. 4,167]

I'd be tempted to guess that it's a Mayfly larvae?

I don't know much about them, but I imagine they are predatory and may eat your fry

[hassan.zidan 43]

Thanks Lis, now i know it ️

And other one in big size observed . I don't think its effecting the fries

[number20121 2,663]

If you are not sure what it is, remove it.

 

If you are curious as to what it is, remove it into a separate container and see what happens

 

 

Better safe than sorry.

[ichthius 122]

Definitely not a parasite. Mayfly sounds like a good guess.

[hassan.zidan 43]

Unfortunately when i moved it its dead rapidly !! But i think there are more to rising in my tank

[hassan.zidan 43]

Definitely not a parasite. Mayfly sounds like a good guess.

Yes when i googling mayfly its same to what i captured .

[Daniel E. 10,021]

Yep that's what you got. We have lots of them in the streams and creeks around home.

[hassan.zidan 43]

Today after usual checking for my goldfish fries earthen pond Hapa, really thousands of mayfly seen stick on the corners of the Hapa , and many beetles observed on the surface of the pond to gulping air and as i know beetles in the larvae stage is fry enemy . First do you think its not mayfly and larvae for some predators . Second how to fight all this predators specially the black beetles !!

Edited December 3, 2014 by hassan.zidan

[Helen 8,511]

is it possible to apply netting to the top? you can add a few more posts or cross beams and throw a net over to keep the beetles out? are there any other predator like things that concern you? ie, opportunistic birds etc.. 

 

where the fish are, how deep is that point?

[hassan.zidan 43]

Net applied but still beetles larvae seen . No any opportunistic birds except two big african Frog !!

[hassan.zidan 43]

Still I'm suffering from beetles larvae !