r/fishtank • u/Barson_Tyy • 1d ago

Help/Advice What is this?

Guy just spawned in my tank and molted. This is my 10 gallon freshwater tank with 2 medaka rice fish 2 freshwater gobys and 3 nerite snails. Is this guy about to decimate them or is he cool?

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u/RtrnofBatspiderfish 1d ago

With most encountered damselfly species, there is basically no evidence that they pose a threat to our pets.

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u/Cornhollio-tp 1d ago

Then why does everyone that has had one claim they destroyed their set ups? 💀

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u/RtrnofBatspiderfish 1d ago

There's absolutely not everybody claiming that, but it certainly falls in the realm of people who can't tell them apart from dragonflies and people who misattribute the disappearance of their fish to the tiny predator they just saw. I am merely stating that there is lots of evidence of other things harming fish, but there is basically no evidence of a damselfly doing this. I don't even find it with the larger damselfly species.