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Unread 03/01/2016, 04:18 PM   #3213
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Originally Posted by taricha View Post
Found several of these in my dino sand in my main tank. Looks to me like a ciliate - maybe euplotes?? with a half dozen amphidinium dinos in its gut.
https://youtu.be/f5VctFNP_zs

another individual, also some amphidinium in its gut
https://youtu.be/mR9jrbsJvX8

Anyone help on the ID, and is it likely anyone out there is culturing these?
I saw several of these in my tank as well. On close watch under the microscope for like 30 mins i never saw any one of them actually ingest a dinoflagellate. They look like Dinos in its belly but i doubt they are. At least in my observation they did not take an interest in the Dinos in their close sorroundings at all. I hope I'm wrong. I hope they do eat them in which case im loaded with those creatures.


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