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Old 14-05-2004, 04:06 AM
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Default what are these creatures?
EROSPAM (Ka30P) wrote in message ...
Sounds like:
(and probably came in on a plant)

Water louse

The water louse, or water slater, has a flattened body and looks similar to
their close relation, the terrestrial woodlouse.

That sounds very much like 'Gammarus' (sp?) there's a few critters in
a pond like this, some quite shrimp like.... definitely a favourite
food for bigger critters like fish, and turtles. In a heavily planted
pond these little crustaceans get to thrive on scavenging what they
can and themselves become a decent source of tid bits for others

Regards, andy
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