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Hi all,

I just started culture of apocyclops panamensis copepods. And i have added isochrysis and nanochloropsis algae. 2 days in i wanted to check how things were going under the microscope. And in my water sample i found a copepod 40x. But at 640x i also found a critter. What is it? Is it a baby pod? A dinoflagelate? Any ideas? It races acrose the screen two times.

Sincerley sjoerd

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Hard to tell unfortunately think you can rule out a rotifer as it doesn't mimic the movements of one
 

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Looks like Tigropus Brevicornis.

The fast mover in the video is a ciliate, although it is difficult to tell at that resolution which exact ciliate it is.
 

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Tigger pod
 
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Looks like Tigropus Brevicornis.

The fast mover in the video is a ciliate, although it is difficult to tell at that resolution which exact ciliate it is.
Thanks for the info. Any idea what this is?
 

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