Hardcore ID Video - Newbies beware!

[Josh]

Let's see what you guys think this little bugger is....

The only hints I will give is that it was taken at 60x magnification and the only things I have in my tank at the moment are frags, rock, snails and crabs. Tank is only 4 weeks old.

Who could it be?

 

[tosiek]

ew quicktime movies......

 

[noelskii]

its a tentacle from one of the frags

 

[KathyC]

for the uneducated computer person..what program do you suggest I download so I can see your file...?

 

[noelskii]

vlc video player

 

[Josh]

ew quicktime movies......

OK OK I reencoded it for you kvetchers.

 

[Josh]

its a tentacle from one of the frags

No, this is the entire animal. I didn't cut anything.

 

[rookie07]

microscopic ?starfish?

 

[KathyC]

OK OK I reencoded it for you kvetchers.

Thank you

Spongebob Squarepants?

 

[Killerdrgn]

I would say something like stomatella snail or feather duster or something along those lines.

 

[meschaefer]

Whatever it is, that is pretty cool looking.

Great for a nano tank :tongue1:

 

[jejton]

Hydroid? Anemone?

 

[ming]

Jellyfish?

 

[masterswimmer]

Josh, are you asking for guesses whilst you know the answer, and just playing games with us? Or, are you clueless like the rest of us? Cause I sure as $hit don't know what it is.

Did you use a magnifying glass to get that shot? How big is it?

I know, this isn't 20 questions and I'm being a noodge :biggrin:

swimmer

 

[bronxer]

Didn't I see one of those in the movie Evolution?

 

[EmilyT]

what ever it is, it sure is cool!

 

[Quang]

some sort of tiny benthic organism...microfauna?

 

[daisy]

if this is 60x, how did you even notice it to begin with?

 

[Josh]

OK, more hints...

There are thousands of them on my glass. They are about the size of a piece of sand, and you can just barely see the "legs" moving. I can suck them off the glass with a syringe.

Daisy I noticed them because I don't have anything else in my tank to look at!

I don't know for sure what they are, but I have two ideas. One of them has already been named.

I'll give it more time for some others to chime in.

I took the video with a digital microscope. Sorry for the quality of the mount, I did it on soft plastic as I have no depression slides at the moment. I can't go to 100x zoom as I have no magnification oil.

 

[Chiefmcfuz]

Hydroids?