I was sitting at the edge of our pond today and seen these almost clear, and tiny things swiming around. Do you have any idea of what they are????
2007-05-19 08:26:19 · 11 answers · asked by ilovejesus801 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
These could be quite a few things. Pond water (and the critters in it) are fun to watch if you've got a microscope.
Here's a link with some likely possibilities, if you got an idea of their shapes. You can click on the drawing of each to get more info about that organism: http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/index.html?http://www.microscopy-uk.org.uk/ponddip/index.html
2007-05-19 17:36:21 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well its hard to say without any kind of description of what you are seeing. For one thing, it could be mosquito larvae, it is common to see those in my pond (so i got some mosquitofish to get rid of them). One characteristic they have is like they are swimming in place. Here is a website of possible insects: http://www.penobscotswcd.org/publications/insects.pdf
2007-05-20 08:14:24 · answer #2 · answered by flipnotik 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Minnows
2007-05-19 08:31:51 · answer #3 · answered by gerdie65 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Can't be sure without seeing a picture. They could be baby fish. They could be insect larvae. They could be daphnia or some other isopod/rotifer.
2007-05-19 08:31:33 · answer #4 · answered by Inundated in SF 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Errr...tadpoles?
2007-05-19 08:28:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
some kind of larvae or baby fish (more likely larvae)
2007-05-19 08:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by D Irby 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tadpoles, mosquito larvae, ect.... maybe just some kind of bug. it'll be fine.
2007-05-19 10:17:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably just little minnows.
2007-05-19 08:29:07 · answer #8 · answered by Shanna's Mommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mosquito larvae?
2007-05-19 08:29:20 · answer #9 · answered by Rainman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
freshwater shrimp?
baby crawfish?
"skeeter" larve?
2007-05-19 08:28:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋