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Re: Live Foods Digest V1 #48
On 10/01/97 at 03:58 p, Owner-Live-Foods at actwin_com (Live Foods
Digest) said:
>Recently my paramecium culture turned red. I had fed the culture
>lettuce leaves, wheat seed. I have not seen this before and do not
>know if is safe to feed this to my fish. Can anyone comment on
>this condition?
You really need to see what is making your culture red. If it is
bacteria, it is almost certainly Ceretia marcesens (sp?) and
harmless. If it is a protozoan, I would not feed from that culture.
Get some to a microscope!
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