Tiny Worms

[OldVamp]

Found worms in my tank today from where I over fed my shrimp.
These things sprang up like weeds overnight.
I think their nematodes, but they could be planaria.
They will be taken care of today, its "cleaning day".

Just thought I'd share some pics i took of them through my Tasco 900x zoom M900ZF Microscope that I have had since I was very little. My digital camra was just able to focus on the slide so it only took a small square picture. Really Neat! :dance

 

[kveeti]

Excellent picture!

I bought myself a "toy" microscope (Digital Blue QX3+) that hooks up to the computer. All the viewing is through the computer and you can take movies and stills... but, the down side is it only goes to 200x.

I was wondering HOW you got that picture. Any nematodes I have found thrash about so much that a still like that at a higher resolution would be nearly impossible.

I'm attaching a copy of one of my pics of a nematode at 200x. Even still, both his ends were moving so much, they are a bit blurry.

 

[OldVamp]

I wiped most of the water off of the slide, and most of the rest of it evaporated from the heat of the light so it didn't have much room to move around.

 

[Leopardess]

:sick: ew

 

[1tankneverenuff]

Holy crap, are those the tiny white worms that infest the tank in like 24-48 hours? I had that happen to a 10 gallon...and yea, that tank was fed lots of live shrimp!