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Re: Live Foods Digest V2 #173
In a message dated 9/8/98 2:02:10 PM Mountain Daylight Time, Owner-Live-
Foods at actwin_com writes:
> I really need a
> microscope, but with a x20 hand lens these P's are about
> 0.2mm long, roughly oval, with a circular spiraling, whirligig sort
> of motion. They gravitate towards the bottom of the tank - which
> Dave suggested is uncharacteristic of P's. Is this enough
> for anyone to suggest what I've got? Incidentally, the culture was
> seeded, as suggested in one book, by simple exposure to air for a few
> days. I suppose airbourne P's spore would be the seed.
>
I would guess they could be moina or daphnia, but that is just a guess.
Bob Dixon