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03/20/2013, 07:41 PM
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Red "things" in pod culture.
Hi everyone. I have a culture of Algagen's Tisbe pods that has been running for a couple months now. I have noticed these small red things on the glass in my culture. They're less than 1/2 the size of the pods in the culture, and bright red. I've been scouring the internet looking for information but have been unsuccessful. Everything I find mentions "red bugs," but only on acro. I am at a loss. They don't seem to be bothering my culture at all so I am wondering if it just may be a larval stage. I've tried to take a picture but there's no way my camera will do it, even on macro setting.
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03/20/2013, 09:30 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: South of WashDC in Maryland
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Do a video, I have had better luck with video because it constantly focus and changes.
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03/21/2013, 06:45 PM
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Location: SF Bay Area, CA
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When you say half the size of the copepods, are you taking adult or nauplii?
If nauplii... I hate to give technical support for a competitor, but most likely you are seeing Oxyrrhis marina - a heterotrophic dinoflagellate (phytoplankton). http://www.int-res.com/articles/ame/10/a010p307.pdf What swimming motion do they do?
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