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Infusoria?
Topic Started: Jul 3 2012, 10:27 PM (1,656 Views)
Triops808
Larva
So upon observation of my triops tank, i noticed hundreds of little wormy things clinging to the walls of the aquarium. So i wondered "could these be the fabled infusoria?". To be honest, i'm not sure what infusoria is, if they're visible or not. I had a look in my hatchling tank ( an old sea monkey container ) and noticed that there were worms in there as well. I took a short clip with my phone. So to get to the point, WHAT ARE THEY? :confuzzled:

i'm sorry for the sideways view, it was the only way to stabilize the sight.

Here is the link :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14E5TMKlGXw
"The opposite of success is quitting"
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Watergeus
Triops Longicaudatus
The link is not working
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Triops808
Larva
Watergeus
Jul 4 2012, 02:30 PM
The link is not working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14E5TMKlGXw

sorry. Please tell me if i need to upload another if you need a better view.
"The opposite of success is quitting"
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Watergeus
Triops Longicaudatus
Now it's working.
Sorry but i have no idea what it can be.
The way they swim i would say triops but i think they are to small for that...
Someone else will know i hope!
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saarlak
Larva
Can't really make much detail out in the video. Looks like there's stuff swimming round in the tank that could be triops or fairy shrimps or some such thing, infusoria, as I understand it, isn't visible to the naked eye (at least not my eyes).

I occasionally get planaria worms, they're a sign of overfeeding, but my Triops eat them so if I spot them I just stop feeding til they're gone. They are little white worms, thinner than a hair (at least to start with, and they never survive past that stage) that like sticking to the glass. They don't move as quickly as what I can make out in the video though, and aren't likely in a hatching tank.
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Triopsmad123
Triops Longicaudatus
They look like planaria and as already said it is caused by overfeeding
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LilGreenPuffer
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Okay, my idea.
Those are something very similar to planaria. :)
"...Whenever you are in doubt, or when the self becomes too much with you, apply the following test. Recall the face of the poorest and the weakest man whom you may have seen, and ask yourself, if the step you contemplate is going to be of any use to him or her... Then you will find your doubts and your self melt away." --Gandhi

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Have: T. longicaudatus (regular*, Black Beauty*, gonochoric), T. granarius*, T. canciformis (regular, red/albino/Japanese, Bavarian), T. australiensis (regular, green, silver/Queensland), T. newberryi*, T. mauritanicus, clam shrimp, fairy shrimp (red-tailed, spiny-tailed), seed shrimp
(* = successfully hatched and raised to adulthood)
Want: T. canciformis simplex (those blue ones), T. canciformis green type, Lepidurus, giant T. granarius (so-called T. numidicus), beaver-tailed fairy shrimp
For sale: nothing ATM
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