Re: Micro organism

[steev ward <steevward@mac.com>]

Kate-
This sounds just like a protozoan I was playing around with last summer. They
are big Stentor-like things (funnel shaped). They swim around but like to stay
in one place too. They are large enough that when you tap on the container you
can see the color change (darker) as they all contract at the same time. I took
some pictures under the microscope so I'll dig those out and show you.
      I eventually lost my culture of them, but they were fun while they
lasted. Didn't think of using them for fry food, but that sounds like a good
idea.
    There is another big protozoan that I've found that is only slightly green,
and it looks like little hair clippings. They keep moving all the time, but
slowly. I found some of them in with some dead cattails I had in a bucket but
they are hard to grow on purpose.

Kate Breimayer wrote:

> I think I have same or similar lint like organism. I asked for a
> microscope for XMas so maybe I will ID it :)
> What I have rests on the bottom and looks like a drift of pollen but
> when lights come on it is photoattracted and moves up to the surface,
> congregates at the rim of the tank. It is acid green. .....

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