darkfur Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 saw in a tray of water housing some plants today Moving very quickly, similar in appearance to poppyseeds, perhaps a little smaller couldn't get a great pic am getting some axolotl eggs soon and wondered if these greeblies may be potential live food Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 mossie larvae. you're better off feeding them to your fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LYNDYLOO Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 I agree with Phoenix Mozzie Lavae, your Fishys will love them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricketman Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 you sure he means the mozzie larvae or the little black dots?? can you confirm darkfur? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 you sure he means the mozzie larvae or the little black dots?? can you confirm darkfur? You mean the mosquito larvae or the mosquito pupae? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 Don't think so? There were a couple of mozzie larvae in there, these aren't long and slim like a mozzie and much smaller. Too small to see any moving parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted August 5, 2009 Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 yes can be fed to axys, think they are a pod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 5, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2009 a pod? do you mean a copepod? a pod is the perfect name for them, it's exactly what they look like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted August 6, 2009 Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 Probably a mix of copepods and mossie bits. Fish love 'em too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 just stuck one under the 'scope and it seems to be an ostracod here is a similar one from caudata.org which assures me they are fine and edible. There are some other interesting greeblies in there today, some mossies which I will cull out but also some bloodworms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2009 this is the caudata.org article by the way http://www.caudata.org/cc/articles/Tank_critters2.shtml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supasi Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hi Darkfur They most certainly can be fed to Axys. Well I do with no problems. Have heaps of them here. I have two different containers and one has green pods and the other has brown/yellow. I think it depends on what they eating. The yellow ones have heaps of pine pollen in with them. I put some under a microscope and they looked just like the pic you posted. A small shell with feelers on one side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Posted August 31, 2009 Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yeah, ostracods. They have two hard shells and tiny legs that come out the middle to swim with. Very cool. My understanding was they were hard and not really eaten, but if something does eat them - great! The 'ostrac' part probably comes from the greek 'ostraca' meaning broken pottery. The word 'ostracism' comes from an Athenian system they used to have each year when they could vote which citizen got sent into exile for ten years. They wrote the name of the person they wanted ostracised on a piece of broken pottery as their vote. Anyone want to return to that system? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostracism You see the same word in other places too. The early armoured fish were ostracoderms ('brokenpottery-skin') Um yeah, that was the long answer.... :oops: but now you will never forget what they are called Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkfur Posted August 31, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 31, 2009 Hi Darkfur They most certainly can be fed to Axys. Well I do with no problems. Have heaps of them here. I have two different containers and one has green pods and the other has brown/yellow. I think it depends on what they eating. The yellow ones have heaps of pine pollen in with them. I put some under a microscope and they looked just like the pic you posted. A small shell with feelers on one side. Diet affecting colour could be why mine are dark, there are rotting oak leaves in that container Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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