Re: Collected Simple Questions

[ProfPhilo@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-11-04 16:35:29 EST, Doug wrote:

<< 
 1) I have put Lake Ontario driftwood in most of my tanks (weighted down
 with Lake Ontario rocks!). Despite boiling and or bleaching I have
 obviously transferred a new ecosystem to my tanks. This has worked out well
 - the adult apistos love munching on the brown hair algae, I seem to be
 getting more spawns, and the fry can apparently thrive on eating soley
 whatever is on the surface of the wood and in the algae (i.e. infusoria).
 All this is very easy to clean too, I just vacuum out excess algae when
 doing water changes. However, I have just noticed after months that there
 are some very tiny little white specks swimming around in a jerky motion.
 I'm not too worried as it seems likely they are just more food in the tank,
 but I'd still like to know what they are. Mosquito larvae maybe? Other
 ideas? >>

I have actually seen these in my 75 as well, I think I brought them in with
some plants, no idea. Mine were very small hardly visible, but definately
jerky and definately alive. Too small to be cyclops I think. (unless they were
baby cyclops)
I was wondering what they were, but my baby betta's ate them all, and I
haven't seen any in months.

 Aren't cyclops preditory?

Also, will snails eat spawn? I also schlept some ramshorn snails in with
plants. 

my two cents
Tarah


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