>I've never seen live chironomid larvae here. I get them all the time in my outside culture tubs. They are easy to identify. Bright red, look just like the frozen bloodworms when they thaw out...wierd little mouth parts, segmented. NOT wormy. They sometimes are dancing around in the water column and most of the time they spend in little mulm tubes they construct on the sides/bottom of the container. The egg cases are easy to identify (little dotted sock-like thingies). Betty Goetz _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member