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hardcyder
11-14-2005, 6:47 PM
At night, with the tank lights out and a flashlight, I see these little dots flitting on the glass. I just had to know what they were, so I bought a microscope. I STILL don't know what they are. Here is a pic of one of them. Can anyone identify it?
Onikun
11-14-2005, 6:51 PM
plankton maybe?
Roan Art
11-14-2005, 7:20 PM
Oooooooo, cool!
Check this Virtual Copepod page out:
http://jaffeweb.ucsd.edu/pages/celeste/Animations/
Roan
hardcyder
12-04-2005, 4:59 PM
Yup, you guys apear to be right, copepods. Some of the images were bang on. I have been trying to encourage diversity in my one tank. I guess I should be careful about intoducing some of my critters into other tanks. These guys apparently can be harmful to fish. I have them in my shrimp/snail/molusk tank right now along with a few other small critters.Thanks for pointing me in the right direction on these.