Hitchhikers in my lugols

[cabrerad]

Hi all,

 

I thought I would post some pictures of what I found in a lugols dip of one my acros. I wanted to check if any bad critters were there. Lucky for me nothing bad was found. I found what I think are copepods, a smaller number of maybe amphipods, a bristle worm, some sort of pod, what appears to be a nematode, and various phtyo whatsits: (when i get some time i will actually try to key these things out..if my pics are good enough that is. Everything was taken with an inverted scope at 100X unless otherwise specified. I found that the scope was shaking a bit due to a close proximity to some other equiipment. I will have to move it, so the pics are not as crisp as they could be.

 

Harpatacoid copepod?

 

 

another one:

 

 

 

Dorsal view of a pod:

 

 

 

Nematode? worm (200X):

 

 

 

Scary big one (two pics..too much magnification):

 

anterior:

 

 

Posterior (reversed obviously):

 

 

 

David

[chideloh]

Very interesting thread, David.

 

Thanks for sharing. )

[Guest Leishman]

Nice pictures, realy shows the life we all have living in our tanks.

[GaryL]

excellent pics david

[Guest mightymouse]

wow what kind of camera did you use? :o those are really great pictures