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Radazz
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Beautiful worm

#1 Post by Radazz » Tue May 07, 2019 11:54 pm

Recently cleaned and reset up the aquarium, and got a beta.
What food he doesn't eat falls onto a flat quartz rock in the aquarium. This breeds all kinds of nice stuff.
I was trying to capture images of paramecium when this fellow showed up.
Never seen this one before. The spots are along the length of the body.
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Re: Beautiful worm

#2 Post by 75RR » Wed May 08, 2019 4:22 am

Looks like an Aeolosoma sp. Some of them are as you say quite beautiful.

Note that in youtube some posters have used an alternate spelling: aelosoma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBwM7wzhFmI
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Re: Beautiful worm

#3 Post by Radazz » Wed May 08, 2019 12:05 pm

That’s it exactly. Thanks, 75
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